Design and Control of the MINDWALKER Exoskeleton

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 277-286

  Wang, Shiqian ^a   Wang, Letian ^b   Meijneke, Cory ^a   Van Asseldonk, Edwin ^b   Hoellinger, Thomas ^c   Cheron, Guy ^c   Ivanenko, Yuri ^d   La Scaleia, Valentina ^d,e   Sylos Labini, Francesca ^d,e   Molinari, Marco ^d   Tamburella, Federica ^d   Pisotta, Iolanda ^d   Thorsteinsson, Freygardur ^f   Ilzkovitz, Michel ^g   Gancet, Jeremi ^g   Nevatia, Yashodhan ^g   Hauffe, Ralf ^h   Zanow, Frank ⁱ   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^a,b  

^a Delft University of Technology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f Research and Development   (Iceland)

^g ESEC Galaxia   (Belgium)

^h Eemagine Medical Imaging Solutions GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ Advanced Neuro Technologies BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance control; exoskeleton; extrapolated center of mass (XCoM); gait assistance; MINDWALKER; series elastic actuation (SEA)

Indexed keywords

LOGIC CIRCUITS; MOTION CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BALANCE CONTROL; CENTER OF MASS; EXOSKELETON; GAIT ASSISTANCE; MINDWALKER; SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATIONS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; FEEDBACK; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING;

EID: 84924865690     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2014.2365697     Document Type: Article

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