The lightness and softness of pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) contribute to their safe use in mechanical devices involved with humans. However, a PAM has limited range of motion (ROM) and a stroke-dependent output force. In this paper, a mecha...
2nd International Conference of Rehabilitation Medical Engineering, Finalist for Best Student Paper Award,Variable impedance control based on impedance estimation with EMG signals for a lower limb rehabilitation robotic systemBaoping Yuan Masashi Sekine Wenwei Yu
<p>Validity of the watchband-type device for feedback of prosthesis hand grasping was investigated. The device is shaped like an index finger and thumb and the bands made by soft material using a three-dimensional printer can bend like a finger gr...