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Development of Wearable Wrist and Forearm Exoskeleton with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators

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Hope, J., McDaid, A. Development of Wearable Wrist and Forearm Exoskeleton with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators. J Intell Robot Syst 86, 397–417 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-016-0456-7

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