Barbareschi, G;
Richards, R;
Thornton, M;
Carlson, T;
Holloway, C;
(2015)
Statically vs dynamically balanced gait: analysis of a robotic exoskeleton compared with a human.
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2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).
(pp. pp. 6728-6731).
IEEE: Milan, Italy.
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Abstract
In recent years exoskeletons able to replicate human gait have begun to attract growing popularity for both assistive and rehabilitative purposes. Although wearable robots often need the use of external support in order to maintain stability, the REX exoskeleton by REX Bionics is able to self-balance through the whole cycle. However this statically balanced gait presents important differences with the dynamically balanced gait of human subjects. This paper will examine kinematic and kinetic differences between the gait analysis performed on a subject wearing the REX exoskeleton and human gait analysis data as presented in literature. We will also provide an insight on the impact that these differences can have for both rehabilitative and assistive applications.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Statically vs dynamically balanced gait: analysis of a robotic exoskeleton compared with a human |
| Event: | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319937 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319937 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. |
| Keywords: | Exoskeletons, Hip, Joints, Knee, Legged locomotion, Stability analysis, gait analysis, handicapped aids, medical robotics, REX Bionics, REX exoskeleton, dynamically balanced gait, human gait analysis, robotic exoskeleton, statically balanced gait |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Ortho and MSK Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469267 |
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