Development of a Powered Exoskeleton for Lower Extremities
Powered Exoskeletons are wearable robots that are very helpful tools to assist therapist in the rehabilitation of patients who have suffered from neurological conditions, in particular stroke and spinal cord injury. This report presents the study on design of powered exoskeleton to assist people wit...
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my-utp-utpedia.172042017-03-01T16:29:38Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17204/ Development of a Powered Exoskeleton for Lower Extremities Mazlan, Suraya Fateha TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Powered Exoskeletons are wearable robots that are very helpful tools to assist therapist in the rehabilitation of patients who have suffered from neurological conditions, in particular stroke and spinal cord injury. This report presents the study on design of powered exoskeleton to assist people with lower extremities’ deficiency to improve in their mobility for gait rehabilitation purposes. The design of this exoskeleton is focuses on few aspects which are length, weight and motor specification. It is design to have one Degree of Freedom (DOF) that is built on a fuzzy controller with an adaptive EMG-based lower limb exoskeleton. The paper strives to propose a wearable general-user powered Exoskeleton which could be used for improving mobility in order to afford normal life for those who need it. IRC 2016-05 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17204/1/Final%20Dissertation_18626.pdf Mazlan, Suraya Fateha (2016) Development of a Powered Exoskeleton for Lower Extremities. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Submitted) |
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Powered Exoskeletons are wearable robots that are very helpful tools to assist therapist in the rehabilitation of patients who have suffered from neurological conditions, in particular stroke and spinal cord injury. This report presents the study on design of powered exoskeleton to assist people with lower extremities’ deficiency to improve in their mobility for gait rehabilitation purposes. The design of this exoskeleton is focuses on few aspects which are length, weight and motor specification. It is design to have one Degree of Freedom (DOF) that is built on a fuzzy controller with an adaptive EMG-based lower limb exoskeleton. The paper strives to propose a wearable general-user powered Exoskeleton which could be used for improving mobility in order to afford normal life for those who need it. |
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