Intelligent control of a smart walker and its performance evaluation

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Grondin, Simon L ^a   Li, Qingguo ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Force Control; Mobile Robots; Smart Walker; Walking Energetics

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED MOBILITY; INTERACTION FORCES; METABOLIC DEMANDS; SMART WALKERS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALKER-ASSISTED GAIT; WALKING ENERGETICS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORCE CONTROL; METABOLISM; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

WALKING AIDS;

COMPUTER INTERFACE; GAIT; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP DEVICE; WALKING;

GAIT; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 84891125501     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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