The Passive Series Stiffness That Optimizes Torque Tracking for a Lower-Limb Exoskeleton in Human Walking

Adaptive impedance control of a variable stiffness actuator

(2015) Ryuta Ozawa et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

An experimental comparison of the relative benefits of work and torque assistance in ankle exoskeletons

(2015) Rachel W. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

A light-weight active orthosis for hip movement assistance

(2015) Francesco Giovacchini et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Design and Control Considerations for High-Performance Series Elastic Actuators

(2013) Nicholas Paine et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

A Simple Exoskeleton That Assists Plantarflexion Can Reduce the Metabolic Cost of Human Walking

(2013) Philippe Malcolm et al.   PLoS One

The Difference Between Stiffness and Quasi-Stiffness in the Context of Biomechanical Modeling

(2012) Elliott J. Rouse et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

A Novel Intrinsically Energy Efficient Actuator With Adjustable Stiffness (AwAS)

(2011) Amir Jafari et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Compliant actuator designs

(2009) Ronald Ham et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Design of a Rotational Hydroelastic Actuator for a Powered Exoskeleton for Upper Limb Rehabilitation

(2009) A.H.A. Stienen et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Preliminary Evaluations of a Self-Contained Anthropomorphic Transfemoral Prosthesis

(2009) F. Sup et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Control of Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Ideal Force-Mode Actuation in Human–Robot Interaction Applications

(2009) Kyoungchul Kong et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Comparison of Mechanical Design and Energy Consumption of Adaptable, Passive-compliant Actuators

(2009) Bram Vanderborght et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Development of a compliance controller to reduce energy consumption for bipedal robots

(2008) Bram Vanderborght et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Powered ankle exoskeletons reveal the metabolic cost of plantar flexor mechanical work during walking with longer steps at constant step frequency

(2008) G. S. Sawicki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Powered ankle-foot prosthesis to assist level-ground and stair-descent gaits

(2008) Samuel Au et al.   NEURAL NETWORKS