Title :
Degrees-of-freedom of a robotic exoskeleton and human adaptation to new gait templates
Author :
Stegall, Paul ; Winfree, Kyle N. ; Agrawal, Sunil K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
This paper addresses an important question in the field of rehabilitation robotics that can help engineers to develop and optimize future gait training robotic exoskeletons. This question can be posed as follows: Do the exoskeleton´s degrees-of-freedom at the pelvis affect human adaptation to new gait templates? More specifically, would additional degrees-of-freedom in the exoskeleton that allow the human trunk to translate and rotate, and the hips to abduct/adduct increase human gait adaptation with an exoskeleton?
Keywords :
gait analysis; medical robotics; path planning; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; ALEX I; ALEX II; University of Delaware; active leg exoskeleton; assist-as-needed force; foot path following training; future gait training robotic exoskeletons; gait templates; human gait adaptation; intermittent visual feedback; lokomat; rehabilitation robotics; robotic exoskeleton; Exoskeletons; Hip; Joints; Legged locomotion; Pelvis; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Saint Paul, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1403-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1050-4729
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225092