Improving transparency of powered exoskeletons using force/torque sensors on the supporting cuffs

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zanotto, Damiano ^a   Lenzi, Tommaso ^b   Stegall, Paul ^c   Agrawal, Sunil K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; FORCE/TORQUE SENSOR; INTERACTION FORCES; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS; ROBOTIC STRUCTURES; TREADMILL WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS; TRANSPARENCY;

ROBOTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; HUMAN; MALE; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; SELF HELP DEVICE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 84891051837     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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