Robust nonlinear control of an intrinsically compliant robotic gait training orthosis

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 655-665

  Hussain, Shahid ^a   Xie, Sheng Q ^a   Jamwal, Prashant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compliance; Gait rehabilitation; Pneumatic muscle actuators (PMAs); Robotic orthosis; Robust control; Structured uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; GAIT REHABILITATION; PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS; ROBOTIC ORTHOSIS; STRUCTURED UNCERTAINTIES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ROBUST CONTROL; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; ROBOTICS; TRAJECTORIES;

ROBOTICS; EDUCATIONAL ROBOTS;

EID: 84887028930     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2012.2207111     Document Type: Article

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