Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use with a Hand Exoskeleton

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 976-983

  Nycz, Christopher J ^a,b   Butzer, Tobias ^b   Lambercy, Olivier ^b   Arata, Jumpei ^c   Fischer, Gregory S ^a   Gassert, Roger ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowden Cable Transmission; Medical Robotics and Systems; Physically Assistive Devices; Prosthetics and Exoskeletons; Rehabilitation Robotics

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ROBOTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BOWDEN-CABLE TRANSMISSIONS; DESIGN AND INTEGRATIONS; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; REHABILITATION THERAPY; TRANSMISSION OUTPUT;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 85058585392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23773766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2016.2528296     Document Type: Article

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