Self-alignment mechanisms for assistive wearable robots: A kinetostatic compatibility method

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 236-250

  Cempini, Marco ^a   De Rossi, Stefano Marco Maria ^a   Lenzi, Tommaso ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axes misalignment; exoskeleton; kinematics; mechanism design; rehabilitation robotics; wearability

Indexed keywords

AXES MISALIGNMENT; EXOSKELETON; MECHANISM DESIGN; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; WEARABILITY;

ALIGNMENT; KINEMATICS; LOADING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84873425941     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2012.2226381     Document Type: Article

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