Design of Mechanical Structure & Control System of a Lower Limb Rehabilitative Robot

Abstract:

The rehabilitation robot which consists of two mechanical legs and an automatic seat was produced according to ergonomics. Each mechanical leg has three DOF. It can train patients combined with sEMG signal and FES. The rehabilitation robot has three train modes: passive mode, assistant mode and impedance mode, and it suits patients with different rehabilitation phases.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 716-717)
• Pages: 1461-1464
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.716-717.1461
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Xiao Hua Shi*, Yun Shan Lu, Hao Lu, Hong Bo Wang
• Keywords: Mechanical Design, Rehabilitation Robot, Train Mode

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