Title
Development of a wearable multi-sensor system for lower limb joint torque evaluation during stairs climbing
Abstract
Torque control is significant for the control of the exoskeleton robot. Different from the classical Newton-Euler method, this paper introduces a novel human model during low-speed stairs climbing for estimating the lower limbs joint torque in the sagittal plane. In this model, the stair ascent gait cycle is divided into four phases: single support, double support, right leg support with left redundancy and left leg support with right redundancy, which manifest to four different models. To verify the model, IMUs and smart shoes are used to measure the joint kinematic and ground contact force. A fuzzy logic rule is proposed for gait analysis in one stair ascent gait cycle. The optical measurement system and force plates are used as a reference, of which the basic principle is the Newton-Euler method. The results of kinematic and dynamic analysis based on the model are compared with the reference through a low-speed climbing stairs experiment with different loads.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/RCAR.2017.8311875
2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)
Keywords
Field
DocType
lower limbs joint torque,sagittal plane,stair ascent gait cycle,single support,double support,leg support,left redundancy,joint kinematic ground contact force,gait analysis,optical measurement system,low-speed climbing stairs experiment,wearable multisensor system,lower limb joint torque evaluation,torque control,exoskeleton robot,classical Newton-Euler method,human model,low-speed stairs climbing,smart shoes,fuzzy logic rule,Newton-Euler method
Torque,Kinematics,Computer science,Simulation,Force platform,Contact force,Gait analysis,Sagittal plane,Climbing,Stairs
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-2036-6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qingcong Wu100.68
Xingsong Wang214117.12
Xiaobo Zhang300.34
Bai Chen42014.41
Ziyan Shao510.69
Longhai Lu610.69