Title :
Determination of human energy generated by skeletal muscle
Author :
Huynh, Patrick ; Chavand, Florent ; KOYACHI, Noriho
Author_Institution :
Div. of Autonomous Machinery, AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
29 Sep-1 Oct 1997
Abstract :
In order to analyse the mechanical interaction between human arm and manual control device for the design of optimized physical man-machine interfaces, a method of determination of energy expenditure by the muscle system of a human arm acting on the device is presented. This energy is considered as a physical and measurable quantity, and can be used to evaluate the performance of a mechanical man-machine interface. For this, a musculo-mechanical model of the human arm is described for the determination of muscle energy. An example of human joint torques and energy calculation applied to a 2D biomechanical human arm suitable for simulation purpose is analytically given
Keywords :
biomechanics; man-machine systems; muscle; physiological models; biomechanics; energy expenditure; human arm; human muscle energy; man-machine interfaces; musculo-mechanical model; skeletal muscle; Design optimization; Energy measurement; Human factors; Joints; Mechanical variables measurement; Muscles; Power measurement; Torque control; User interfaces; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Communication, 1997. RO-MAN '97. Proceedings., 6th IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Sendai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4076-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.1997.646994
