Review of assistive strategies in powered lower-limb orthoses and exoskeletons

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-136

  Yan, Tingfang ^a   Cempini, Marco ^a   Oddo, Calogero Maria ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive strategies; Exoskeletons; Lower limb; Orthoses; Powered

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; ORTHOTICS; SOCIAL ROBOTS; WALKING AIDS;

ASSISTIVE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP; LEG EXOSKELETON; LOWER LIMB; ORTHOSES; POWERED; STATE OF THE ART;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 84926163555     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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