Title :
A study on optimum design of power assist chair
Author_Institution :
Yokohama Nat. Univ., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
The power assist chair studied in this paper was designed to help the user´s standing-up motion. A pneumatic cylinder is connected with the seat by a link mechanism to transfer cylinder force to the seat. In order to minimize pneumatic pressure for the cylinder, the optimum design of the link mechanism was investigated in this paper.
Keywords :
force control; optimal control; optimisation; pneumatic actuators; pressure control; compact compressor; force control; link mechanism; optimum design; pneumatic cylinder; power assist chair;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2003 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Fukui, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8352-4
