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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
The paper presents a novel clutched variable parallel elastic actuator (CVPEA) mainly consisting of a motor and a flat spiral spring in parallel to actuate the hip of lower limb exoskeletons in sagittal plane. To minimize the power and torque require...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
To enable on-time and high-fidelity lower-limb exoskeleton control, it is effective to predict the future human motion from the observed status. In this research, we propose a novel method to predict future plantar force during the gait using IMU and...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Active rehabilitation training can improve patients' neural engagement and the rehabilitation effects. A position based impedance control strategy is proposed for implement of active training in this paper. Firstly, it is necessary to accurately esti...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Drawing inspiration from autonomous vehicles, using future environment information could improve the control of wearable biomechatronic devices for assisting human locomotion. To the authors knowledge, this research represents the first documented in...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
In robotic rehabilitation, knowledge of human joint torques is very important to provide reliable data for clinical assessment and to provide feedback information about the user in order to design safe robotic control strategies. Nevertheless, their ...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
In this paper, we present our research study concerning the design and development of an exoskeleton that aims to provide 3D walking support with minimum number of actuators. Following a prior simulation study, the joint configuration was primarily d...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Motor learning issues for hemiplegics not only include motor impairments such as spastic paralysis, but reportedly also an inability to appropriately recognize somatic sensations. In this regard, biofeedback of movement information through visual inf...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Robot-assisted rehabilitation in children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is expected to lead to neuroplasticity and reduce the burden of motor impairments. For a lower-limb exoskeleton to perform well in this context, it is essential that ...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
This article describes the motivation behind and the technical aspects at the basis of the development of the innovative rehabilitation robot hunova®. The paper describes in detail the hardware and software design of the system and summarizes the cli...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
With the aging of the population in the United States, an increasing number of individuals suffer from mobility challenges. For such individuals, the difficulty of standing up from a seated position is a major barrier for their daily physical activit...