Paper:
Walking-Assistance Apparatus as a Next-Generation Vehicle and Movable Neuro-Rehabilitation Training Appliance
Eiichirou Tanaka*1, Tadaaki Ikehara*2, Hirokazu Yusa*3,
Yusuke Sato*3, Tomohiro Sakurai*4, Shozo Saegusa*5,
Kazuhisa Ito*1, and Louis Yuge*6
*1Department of Machinery and Control Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
*2Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, Tokyo, Japan
*3Former Graduate School of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan
*4Graduate School of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan
*5Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
*6Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Supporting Online Materials:[a] NESS L300.
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