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Publikationstyp: Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Art der Begutachtung: Peer review (Publikation)
Titel: Pneumatic quasi-passive actuation for soft assistive lower limbs exoskeleton
Autor/-in: Di Natali, Christian
Sadeghi, Ali
Mondini, Alessio
Bottenberg, Eliza
Hartigan, Bernard
De Eyto, Adam
O'Sullivan, Leonard
Rocon, Eduardo
Stadler, Konrad
Mazzolai, Barbara
Caldwell, Darwin G.
Ortiz, Jesús
et. al: No
DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031
10.21256/zhaw-20855
Erschienen in: Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Band(Heft): 14
Heft: 31
Erscheinungsdatum: 30-Jun-2020
Verlag / Hrsg. Institution: Frontiers Research Foundation
ISSN: 1662-5218
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagwörter: Exosuit; Gait assistance; Legged locomotion; Quasi-passive actuation; Robotic wearable device; Soft exoskeleton
Fachgebiet (DDC): 610: Medizin und Gesundheit
620: Ingenieurwesen
Zusammenfassung: There is a growing international interest in developing soft wearable robotic devices to improve mobility and daily life autonomy as well as for rehabilitation purposes. Usability, comfort and acceptance of such devices will affect their uptakes in mainstream daily life. The XoSoft EU project developed a modular soft lower-limb exoskeleton to assist people with low mobility impairments. This paper presents the bio-inspired design of a soft, modular exoskeleton for lower limb assistance based on pneumatic quasi-passive actuation. The design of a modular reconfigurable prototype and its performance are presented. This actuation centers on an active mechanical element to modulate the assistance generated by a traditional passive component, in this case an elastic belt. This study assesses the feasibility of this type of assistive device by evaluating the energetic outcomes on a healthy subject during a walking task. Human-exoskeleton interaction in relation to task-based biological power assistance and kinematics variations of the gait are evaluated. The resultant assistance, in terms of overall power ratio (Λ) between the exoskeleton and the assisted joint, was 26.6% for hip actuation, 9.3% for the knee and 12.6% for the ankle. The released maximum power supplied on each articulation, was 113.6% for the hip, 93.2% for the knee, and 150.8% for the ankle.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20855
Volltext Version: Publizierte Version
Lizenz (gemäss Verlagsvertrag): CC BY 4.0: Namensnennung 4.0 International
Departement: School of Engineering
Organisationseinheit: Institut für Mechatronische Systeme (IMS)
Publiziert im Rahmen des ZHAW-Projekts: XoSoft – soft modular biomimetic exoskeleton to assist people with mobility impairments
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:Publikationen School of Engineering

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Di Natali, C., Sadeghi, A., Mondini, A., Bottenberg, E., Hartigan, B., De Eyto, A., O’Sullivan, L., Rocon, E., Stadler, K., Mazzolai, B., Caldwell, D. G., & Ortiz, J. (2020). Pneumatic quasi-passive actuation for soft assistive lower limbs exoskeleton. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 14(31). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031
Di Natali, C. et al. (2020) ‘Pneumatic quasi-passive actuation for soft assistive lower limbs exoskeleton’, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 14(31). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031.
C. Di Natali et al., “Pneumatic quasi-passive actuation for soft assistive lower limbs exoskeleton,” Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 14, no. 31, Jun. 2020, doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031.
DI NATALI, Christian, Ali SADEGHI, Alessio MONDINI, Eliza BOTTENBERG, Bernard HARTIGAN, Adam DE EYTO, Leonard O’SULLIVAN, Eduardo ROCON, Konrad STADLER, Barbara MAZZOLAI, Darwin G. CALDWELL und Jesús ORTIZ, 2020. Pneumatic quasi-passive actuation for soft assistive lower limbs exoskeleton. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 30 Juni 2020. Bd. 14, Nr. 31. DOI 10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031
Di Natali, Christian, Ali Sadeghi, Alessio Mondini, Eliza Bottenberg, Bernard Hartigan, Adam De Eyto, Leonard O’Sullivan, et al. 2020. “Pneumatic Quasi-Passive Actuation for Soft Assistive Lower Limbs Exoskeleton.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics 14 (31). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031.
Di Natali, Christian, et al. “Pneumatic Quasi-Passive Actuation for Soft Assistive Lower Limbs Exoskeleton.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 14, no. 31, June 2020, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00031.


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