An exoskeleton for human shoulder rotation motion assist

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Abstract

This paper presents a robotic exoskeleton which assists shoulder internal-external rotation motion as well as shoulder vertical and horizontal flexion-extension motion of physically weak persons such as elderly, injured, or disabled persons. The exoskeleton is supposed to be directly attached to the user and activated mainly based on user's electromyogram (EMG) signals, which directly reflect the user's motion intention, in order to realize natural power assist. Fuzzy control is applied to realize sophisticated real-time control. Experiment has been performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed exoskeleton.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsMircea Gh. Negoita, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1092-1099
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783540301325
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3213
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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