• DocumentCode
    146349
  • Title

    A study of leg-extender exoskeleton

  • Author

    Minakata, Hideaki ; Tateno, Shigeyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Adv. Robot., Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    14-16 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    326
  • Lastpage
    331
  • Abstract
    A leg extender exoskeleton is very useful when doing work involving tall shelves, looking around for security, etc. Therefore, we developed an exoskeleton with an active ankle joint. Its weight is approximately 12 kg and it extends the leg length by 40 cm. The operational feeling of exoskeleton may depend on the link length configuration. In this pager, the Linearity Index is introduced to realize natural feel of exoskeleton.
  • Keywords
    human-robot interaction; wearable computers; active ankle joint; human-support equipment; leg-extender exoskeleton; linearity index; link-configuration; tall shelves; Exoskeletons; Foot; Hip; Indexes; Joints; Knee; Linearity; METs; exoskeleton; human-support; link-configuration; walking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Motion Control (AMC),2014 IEEE 13th International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Yokohama
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AMC.2014.6823303
  • Filename
    6823303
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=146349