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Ergonomic Considerations in Design of Wearable Exoskeleton to Aid Walking

QIU Jing, CHENG Hong and GUO Hao-xing   

  • Online:2018-11-14 Published:2018-11-14

Abstract: Because of the growing population aging and large number of physically disable population in china,the contradiction between supply and demand of rehabilitation professionals in china is gradually growing.In order to resolve this contradiction,the PRMI exoskeleton robot was designed for hemiplegia and paraplegia patients,who lost partially or completely their motor functions of the lower extremity.The exoskeleton system provides motion compensation to its wearer to aid walking.This paper introduced the design of PRMI assist exoskeleton robot objectives.Through analysis of ergonomic consideration in design of the PRMI wearable exoskeleton,several ergonomic aspects were presented in this paper,including the adjustable range,joint range of motion,the maximum torque,the kinematics of consistency and human-computer interaction.

Key words: Exoskeleton,Wearable,Ergonomics

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