Title :
A study of leg-extender exoskeleton
Author :
Minakata, Hideaki ; Tateno, Shigeyuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Adv. Robot., Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Motion Control (AMC),2014 IEEE 13th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
DOI :
10.1109/AMC.2014.6823303
