An automatic scaling procedure for a wearable and portable hand exoskeleton

2016 IEEE 2nd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Leveraging a Better Tomorrow, RTSI 2016

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bianchi, Matteo ^a   Fanelli, Francesco ^a   Giordani, Leandro ^a   Ridolfi, Alessandro ^a   Vannetti, Federica ^b   Allotta, Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; OPTIMIZATION; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

3D MOTION CAPTURE; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS); AUTOMATIC SCALING; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SCALING PROCEDURES; UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE , ITALY;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 85006074179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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