Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the design and control of an electrically powered knee and ankle prosthesis. The prosthesis design incorporates two motor-driven ball screw units to drive the knee and ankle joints. A spring in parallel with the ankle motor unit is employed to decrease the power consumption and increase the torque output for a given motor size. The device's sensor package includes a custom load cell to measure the sagittal socket interface moment above the knee joint, a custom sensorized foot to measure the ground reaction force at the heel and ball of the foot, and commercial potentiometers and load cells to measure joint positions and torques. A finite-state based impedance control approach, previously developed by the authors, is used and experimental results on level treadmill walking are presented that demonstrate the potential of the device to restore normal gait. The experimental power consumption of the device projects a walking distance of 5.0 km at a speed of 2.8 km/hr with a lithium polymer battery pack.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008 |
| Pages | 523-528 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008 - Scottsdale, AZ, United States Duration: Oct 19 2008 → Oct 22 2008 |
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| Other | 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Period | 10/19/08 → 10/22/08 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Biomedical Engineering
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Design and control of an active electrical knee and ankle prosthesis. / Sup, Frank; Varol, Huseyin Atakan; Mitchell, Jason; Withrow, Thomas; Goldfarb, Michael.
Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008. 2008. p. 523-528 4762811.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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