%0 Generic
%A Bureau, Maxime
%A Keller, Thierry
%A Perry, Joel
%A Velik, Rosemarie
%A Veneman, Jan F.
%T Variable Stiffness Structure for limb attachment
%J IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
%D 2011
%@ 1945-7898
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11556/2818
%X In robotic rehabilitation, the way of attaching the robotic device to the users' limb constitutes a crucial element of product quality, particularly for assuring good fitting, comfort, accuracy, usability, and safety. In this article, we present a new technological concept - 'Variable Stiffness Structure' - allowing for an improvement of these aspects in the 'robotic device to limb' - connection by offering a compound of materials that are together able to switch from a flexible textile-like state to a more rigid state by applying negative pressure. The paper describes the concept and the basic behaviour of the material, based on experiments.
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