Development of a massage robot for medical therapy

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1096-1101

  Jones, K C ^a   Du, Winncy ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological tissues; Fatigue; Force control; Humans; Medical control systems; Medical robotics; Medical services; Medical treatment; Robotics and automation; Robots

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; END EFFECTORS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FORCE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; ROBOTS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; HUMANS; MEDICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MEDICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL TREATMENT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84943371685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2003.1225495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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