Design, modeling and control of a series elastic actuator for an assistive knee exoskeleton

Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1813-1819

  Karavas, Nikos C ^a   Tsagarakis, Nikos G ^a   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; COMPLIANT ACTUATOR; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; EXOSKELETON SYSTEMS; MODELING AND CONTROL; MOTION TASKS; PASSIVE COMPLIANCE; SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATORS; SIMULATION DATA; SIT-TO-STAND MOVEMENTS;

ACTUATORS; DESIGN;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84867429275     PISSN: 21551774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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