An exoskeletal robot for human elbow motion support - sensor fusion, adaptation, and control

被引:122
作者
Kiguchi, K [1 ]
Kariya, S
Watanabe, K
Izumi, K
Fukuda, T
机构
[1] Saga Univ, Dept Adv Syst Control Engn, Saga 8408502, Japan
[2] Nagoya Univ, Ctr Cooperat Res Adv Sci & Technol, Nagoya, Aichi 4648603, Japan
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART B-CYBERNETICS | 2001年 / 31卷 / 03期
关键词
electromyogram; exoskeletal robots; fuzzy-neuro control; human motion support; impedance control; sensor fusion;
D O I
10.1109/3477.931520
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In order to help everyday life of physically weak people, we are developing exoskeletal robots for human (especially for physically weak people) motion support. In this paper, we propose a one degree-of-freedom (1 DOF) exoskeletal robot and its control system to support the human elbow motion. The proposed controller controls the angular position and impedance of the exoskeletal robot system based on biological signals that reflect the human subject's intention, The skin surface electromyogram (EMG) signals and the generated wrist force by the human subject during the elbow motion have been fused and used as input information of the controller. In order to make the robot flexible enough to deal with vague biological signal such as EMG, fuzzy neuro control has been applied to the controller. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed exoskeletal robot system.
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页码:353 / 361
页数:9
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