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Development of lntelligent Shoe System to Measure Applied Force/Moment on the Sole of a Foot during Human Walking  

Kim, Gab-Soon (경상대학교 제어계측공학과, ERI)
Kim, Hyeon-Min (경상대학교 대학원 제어계측공학과)
Hu, Duck-Chan (경상대학교 대학원 제어계측공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.25, no.7, 2008 , pp. 79-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes the development of wearing intelligent shoe system to measure applied forces and moments (ground reaction forces and moments) on the soles of feet during human walking. In order to walk safely, robot must get the intelligent feet with 6-axis force/moment sensors (Fx sensor (x-direction force sensor), Fy sensor, Fz sensor, Mx sensor (Mx : x-direction moment sensor), My sensor, and Mz sensor) and detect the forces and moments data from the sensors. And the feet must be controlled with the data and controllers. While a human is walking, the forces and moments should be measured and analyzed for robot's intelligent feet. Therefore, the wearing intelligent shoe system should be developed. In this paper, four 6-axis farce/moment sensors and two high speed measuring devices were designed and fabricated, and the wearing intelligent shoe system was made using these. The characteristic tests of the wearing intelligent shoe system were performed, and the forces and moments were detected using it.
Keywords
Intelligent shoe; 6-axis force/moment sensor; High-speed measuring device; walking;
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