TWO SPATIAL GRAVITY EQUILIBRATORS

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7A, Issue , 2000, Pages 643-651

  Herder, Just L ^a   Tuijthof, Gabrielle J M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anthopomorphic robot arm; arm orthosis; gravity equilibrator; mobile arm support; spring mechanism; static balance; suspension system

Indexed keywords

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

ANTHOPOMORPHIC ROBOT ARM; ARM ORTHOSIS; ARM SUPPORT; GRAVITY EQUILIBRATOR; MOBILE ARM SUPPORT; ORTHOSES; ROBOT ARMS; SPRING MECHANISM; STATIC BALANCE; SUSPENSION SYSTEM;

VIBRATORS;

EID: 85148541549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/MECH-14120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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