A mechanism design of waist power assist suit for a caregiver by using torsion springs

International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 866-868

  Tsuzura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakakuki, Takashi ^b   Misaki, Daigo ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mechanism design; Power assist suit; Torsion spring

Indexed keywords

ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLES; MECHANISM DESIGN; PERSONAL CARE; POWER ASSIST; PRACTICAL USE; SURFACE EMG; TORSION SPRINGS; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN; MUSCLE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

TORQUE MOTORS;

EID: 84893541721     PISSN: 15987833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAS.2013.6704035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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