Towards a Smart Semi-Active Prosthetic Leg: Preliminary Assessment and Testing
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- 作者：M.I. Awad<sup>*sup> ; A. Abouhossein<sup>*sup> ; A.A. Dehghani-Sanij<sup>*sup> ; R. Richardson<sup>*sup> ; D. Moser<sup>**sup> ; S. Zahedi<sup>**sup> ; D. Bradley<sup>***sup>
- 关键词：Bionics ; Biomedical systems ; Transfemoral amputee ; Smart Bio-leg ; Prosthetic knee ; Prosthetic systems integration ; Biomechatronics
- 刊名：IFAC-PapersOnLine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：49
- 期：21
- 页码：170-176
- 全文大小：1194 K
文摘
This paper presents a development of a semi-active prosthetic knee, which can work in both active and passive modes based on the energy required during the gait cycle of various activities of daily livings (ADLs). The prosthetic limb is equipped with various sensors to measure the kinematic and kinetic parameters of both prosthetic limbs. This prosthetic knee is designed to be back-drivable in passive mode to provide a potential use in energy regeneration when there negative energy across the knee joint. Preliminary test has been performed on transfemoral amputee in passive mode to provide some insight to the amputee/prosthesis interaction and performance with the designed prosthetic knee.