Active modular elastomer sleeve for soft wearable assistance robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1595-1602

  Park, Yong Lae ^a   Chen, Bor Rong ^b   Majidi, Carmel ^c   Wood, Robert J ^a,b   Nagpal, Radhika ^a,b   Goldfield, Eugene ^a,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCES; ASSISTIVE; BENDING DEFORMATIONS; CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS; DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS; DIVERSE RANGE; HUMAN SUBJECTS; HYPER ELASTIC; INTEGRATED DEVICE; MOTION SENSING; MOTOR TASKS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SELF-CONFIGURING; SENSOR COMPONENTS; SENSORY DATA;

ACTUATORS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELASTOMERS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PLASTICS; RIGIDITY; SENSORS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872294655     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6386158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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