Experimental Approach Regarding the Behavior of a Human Rehabilitation Exoskeleton

Abstract:

In this paper an experimental research was performed in case of a human rehabilitation exoskeleton. The research aim was to evaluate the joint trajectories and the influence of the ground-foot contact by using two distinctive shapes of the exoskeleton foot. Thus an experimental motion analysis was used, called CONTEMPLAS and an exoskeleton prototype with 1DOF placed on a treadmill. The experimental activity was developed when the exoskeleton was used on walking activity. There were studied two types of foot shapes and also the generated impact of their form on the hip, knee and ankle joints trajectories during walking. The obtained results will be useful for the improvement of the exoskeleton orientation in space.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 823)
• Pages: 125-130
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.823.125
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Cristian Copiluși*, Marco Ceccarelli, Alexandru Margine
• Keywords: Biped Locomotion, Experimental Analysis, Kinematics, Rehabilitation Exoskeleton, Trajectories

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