• DocumentCode
    2416113
  • Title

    Degrees-of-freedom of a robotic exoskeleton and human adaptation to new gait templates

  • Author

    Stegall, Paul ; Winfree, Kyle N. ; Agrawal, Sunil K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    14-18 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    4986
  • Lastpage
    4991
  • Abstract
    This paper addresses an important question in the field of rehabilitation robotics that can help engineers to develop and optimize future gait training robotic exoskeletons. This question can be posed as follows: Do the exoskeleton´s degrees-of-freedom at the pelvis affect human adaptation to new gait templates? More specifically, would additional degrees-of-freedom in the exoskeleton that allow the human trunk to translate and rotate, and the hips to abduct/adduct increase human gait adaptation with an exoskeleton?
  • Keywords
    gait analysis; medical robotics; path planning; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; ALEX I; ALEX II; University of Delaware; active leg exoskeleton; assist-as-needed force; foot path following training; future gait training robotic exoskeletons; gait templates; human gait adaptation; intermittent visual feedback; lokomat; rehabilitation robotics; robotic exoskeleton; Exoskeletons; Hip; Joints; Legged locomotion; Pelvis; Training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Paul, MN
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1403-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1050-4729
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225092
  • Filename
    6225092