Design and control of a robot for the assessment of psychological factors in prosthetic development
Christ O, Wojtusch J, Schuy J, Wolff K, Rinderknecht S, Vogt J, Von Stryk O, Beckerle P (2012)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2012
Pages Range: 1485-1490
Conference Proceedings Title: Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Event location: KOR
ISBN: 9781467317146
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2012.6377945
Abstract
This paper introduces a robotic concept for the assessment of psychological factors in prosthetic design. Its aim is to imitate the postural movements of the participants while those are conducting squatting movements in order to investigate the integration of artificial limbs to the subject's body scheme. Therefore, the robot mimics the functionality and appearance of the human foot, shank and thigh as well as the ankle and knee joint. To induce a more realistic outer appearance, the hull of a shop-window mannequin is used as cladding. The robot is controlled by a computed torque control combined with a RGB-D sensor for the acquisition of the desired trajectories from the participant. In the test setup one leg of the participant is hidden from his view while the robot stands next to him and imitates the movements of this leg. This paper gives an insight in the theory of body schema integration. The concept of the robot is described and detailed information about the mechanical design and actuator dimensioning in accordance with psychological and biomechanical requirements are given. Furthermore, the concept of the human-machine interface, the control algorithm and simulations based on experimental data from a human subject are presented. © 2012 IEEE.
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Christ, O., Wojtusch, J., Schuy, J., Wolff, K., Rinderknecht, S., Vogt, J.,... Beckerle, P. (2012). Design and control of a robot for the assessment of psychological factors in prosthetic development. In Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (pp. 1485-1490). KOR.
MLA:
Christ, O., et al. "Design and control of a robot for the assessment of psychological factors in prosthetic development." Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2012, KOR 2012. 1485-1490.
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