Development, design and validation of an assistive device for hand disabilities based on an innovative mechanism

Robotica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 892-906

  Conti, Roberto ^a   Allotta, Benedetto ^a   Meli, Enrico ^a   Ridolfi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive robotics; Hand disabilities; Hand exoskeleton; Wearable robotics

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HAND DISABILITIES; HAND EXOSKELETON; KINEMATIC MECHANISM; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; WEARABLE ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84946128167     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574715000879     Document Type: Article

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