A Method for Adjusting Moment Input on an Exoskeleton Robot with Fixed Linear Actuators

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2017

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Springer International Publishing Ag

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

Patients who lose walking ability get rehabilitation services that consist of repeated movements of the lower limbs such that the patients can regain their ability to move. Unfortunately, the change in the number of patients and need for gait rehabilitation is inversely proportional with the number of physiotherapists. There are many robotic rehabilitation systems available which are generally expensive. There is a direct need for an inexpensive rehabilitation robot that can be afforded (or can be reached) by the majority of people. As a solution to this problem, a pneumatically actuated, 4 degrees of freedom exoskeleton robot for the movement of a patient in sagittal plane and which can be used together with a body weight support system has been developed. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in how pneumatic linear actuation is used to adjust the torque required to move a limb for a particular patient. The proposed system has also a simpler control technique than other available complicated and more advanced systems.

Açıklama

25th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD) -- JUN 30-JUL 02, 2016 -- Belgrade, SERBIA

Anahtar Kelimeler

Exoskeleton, Rehabilitation robotic, Pneumatic actuation, Lower gait

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Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control

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540

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