Design and Evaluation of Passively Powered Knee Exoskeleton (PPKE) for Squat Lifting

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作者
Ranaweera, R. K. P. S. [1 ]
Gopura, R. A. R. C. [1 ]
Jayawardena, T. S. S. [2 ]
Mann, G. K. I. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Moratuwa, Dept Mech Engn, Bion Lab, Katubedda 10400, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
[2] Univ Moratuwa, Dept Text & Clothing Technol, Katubedda 10400, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
[3] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Fac Engn & Appl Sci, 230 Elizabeth Ave, St John, NF A1B 3X9, Canada
来源
ICAROB 2018: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND ROBOTICS | 2018年
关键词
knee exoskeleton; energy harvesting; passive mechanisms; squatting; WALKING;
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TP18 [人工智能理论];
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081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
This paper proposes a passively-powered knee exoskeleton (PPKE) to provide power assistance during squat lifting of objects from the ground. The passive powering mechanism is designed to capture 20% of the waste mechanical energy available at the biological knee joint during decent phase and to release the stored energy in ascending phase in a complete squatting cycle. The effectiveness of proposed system was verified by experiments using surface electromyography (sEMG) signals under different test conditions. PPKE reduced the peak root-mean-square averages of sEMG signals of knee extensor muscles by 15% during squatting.
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