Title
Self-Adjusting, Isostatic Exoskeleton For The Human Knee Joint
Abstract
A knee-joint exoskeleton design that can apply programmable torques to the articulation and that self-adjusts to its physiological movements is described. Self-adjustment means that the articular torque is automatically produced around the rotational axis of the joint. The requirements are first discussed and the conditions under which the system tracks the spatial relative movements of the limbs are given. If these conditions are met, the torque applied to the joint takes into account the possible relative movements of the limbs without introducing constraints. A prototype was built to demonstrate the applicability of these principles and preliminary tests were carried out to validate the design.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090136
2011 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
exoskeletons,kinematics,torque,force
Kinematics,Torque,Simulation,Computer science,Knee Joint,Exoskeleton
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2011
1557-170X
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.57
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Viet Anh Dung Cai130.57
Philippe Bidaud2414.32
Vincent Hayward31343172.28
Florian Gosselin49113.70
Eric Desailly530.57