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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2017.41.8.771

Development of Ankle Power Assistive Robot using Pneumatic Muscle  

Kim, Chang-Soon (Dept. of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
Kim, Jung-Yup (Dept. of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.41, no.8, 2017 , pp. 771-782 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes the development of a wearable robot to assist ankle power for the elderly. Previously developed wearable robots have generally used motors and gears to assist muscle power during walking. However, the combination of motor and reduction gear is heavy and has limitations on the simultaneous control of stiffness and torque due to the friction of the gear reducer unlike human muscles. Therefore, in this study, Mckibben pneumatic muscle, which is lighter, safer, and more powerful than an electric motor with gear, was used to assist ankle joint. Antagonistic actuation using a pair of pneumatic muscles assisted the power of the soleus muscles and tibialis anterior muscles used for the pitching motion of the ankle joint, and the model parameters of the antagonistic actuator were experimentally derived using a muscle test platform. To recognize the wearer's walking intention, foot load and ankle torque were calculated by measuring the pressure and the center of pressure of the foot using force and linear displacement sensors, and the stiffness and the torque of the pneumatic muscle joint were then controlled by the calculated ankle torque and foot load. Finally, the performance of the developed ankle power assistive robot was experimentally verified by measuring EMG signals during walking experiments on a treadmill.
Keywords
Pneumatic Muscle; Wearable Robot; Ankle Power Assistance;
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