Title
Gait control of powered exoskeleton with finger-mounted walk controller for paraplegic patient
Abstract
This paper proposes a wearable interface to control a walk for paraplegic patients wearing an underactuated powered exoskeleton on lower limbs. Current powered exoskeletons are helpful for patient's walk. However, there are differences between wearer's intentions and actual leg motions. In order to synchronize them, more leg motions such as leg-swing, stride and foot-height should be controlled by a user. The proposed interface enables the user to convey the user's intention such leg motions. At the first stage, a motion simulator is controlled to verify the effectiveness of our interface. We confirmed the timing of leg-swing is adjusted as the wearer intends through 10-meter walk experiment and the motion simulator finished walking 10-meter within three minutes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/MHS.2014.7006095
Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
gait analysis,medical robotics,current powered exoskeletons,finger-mounted walk controller,foot-height,gait control,leg motions,leg-swing,motion simulator,paraplegic patient,stride,underactuated powered exoskeleton,user intention,wearable interface,wearer intentions
Conference
2474-378X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.42
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yasuhisa Hasegawa145694.62
Keisuke Nakayama220.42