Stronger, smarter, softer: Next-generation wearable robots

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 22-33

  Asbeck, Alan T ^a   De Rossi, Stefano M M ^a   Galiana, Ignacio ^a   Ding, Ye ^a   Walsh, Conor J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOTICS;

AREA OF INTEREST; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; EXOSKELETON DEVICES; HEAVY LOADS; LOWER BODY; SCIENCE FICTIONS; WEARABLE ASSISTIVE DEVICES; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84919649737     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2014.2360283     Document Type: Article

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