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Optimal workloop energetics of muscle-actuated systems an impedance matching view

W. Farahat and H. M. Herr. Optimal workloop energetics of muscle-actuated systems an impedance matching view, PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 6, no. 6, 2010.

Academic Paper, June 2010
in Biomechatronics
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
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An apparatus for characterization and control of isolated muscle

W. Farahat and H. M. Herr. An apparatus for characterization and control of isolated muscle, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 473-481, 2005.

Academic Paper, Dec. 2005
in Biomechatronics
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
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A method for identification of hammerstein models of electrically stimulated muscle

W. Farahat and H. M. Herr. A method for identification of hammerstein models of electrically stimulated muscle, 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Shanghai, China, Sep. 2005.

Proceedings, Sept. 2005
in Biomechatronics
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
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A swimming robot actuated by living muscle tissue

H. M. Herr and B. Dennis. A swimming robot actuated by living muscle tissue, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 1, no. 6, 2004.

Academic Paper, Oct. 2004
in Biomechatronics
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
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Workloop energetics of antagonist muscles

W. Farahat and H. M. Herr. Workloop energetics of antagonist muscles, 28th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, NY, 2006.

Proceedings, Oct. 2008
in Biomechatronics
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