Paper:
Design of Wearable Power-Assist Device for Lower Back Support
Keitaro Naruse*, Satoshi Kawai**, Hiroshi Yokoi***,
and Yukinori Kakazu****
*The School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
**Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-13 Nishi-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
***Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
****Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita-14 Nishi-9, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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