A JOINT TORQUE AUGMENTATION ROBOT (JTAR) FOR ANKLE GAIT ASSISTANCE

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作者：

Hollander, Kevin W. ^{[1
]}

Cahill, Nathan ^{[1
]}

Holgate, Robert ^{[1
]}

Churchwell, Ray ^{[1
]}

Clouse, Preston ^{[1
]}

Kinney, Darren ^{[1
]}

Boehler, Alexander ^{[1
]}

Ward, Jeffrey ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SpringActive Inc, Tempe, AZ USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, 2014, VOL 5A | 2014年

关键词：

METABOLIC COST; MECHANICAL WORK; WALKING;

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中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A Joint Torque Augmentation Robot (JTAR) was developed to aid walking in an unconstrained outdoor environment. JTAR is a unidirectional, compliant actuator based wearable robot that is designed to power an ankle joint. Since the robot is used to navigate uneven terrain, nearly full ankle range of motion is required to accomplish this goal. The device powers the forward locomotion while permitting out of plane kinematic motion to occur. Metabolic savings of 9% to 20% have been observed while using the JTAR device, when compared to an unpowered/uncoupled state.

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