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Design and control of an intelligent walking-aid robot

  • Rui Han
  • , Chunjing Tao
  • , Jian Huang*
  • , Yongji Wang
  • , Heping Yan
  • , Lifang Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An intelligent walking-aid robot is presented for walking assistance, training and rehabilitation of the elderly. The robot is intended to provide physical support and mobility aid for the old people during their walking based on recognizing their motion intentions online. A force measuring system comprised of force sensing resisters (FSRs) is designed to obtain the interaction forces between the user and the robot. The user's motion intention is then estimated by analyzing the relationship between the measured interaction forces and human intention force/torque. Further the estimated intention is used to guide the admittance based motion control of robot. To ensure a safe walking, a laser range finder (LRF) is used to detect the distance between the robot and the user's legs. A distance restraint control is also designed and taken into action when the distance is found beyond a safe threshold. Experiments were conducted and the results verified the effectiveness of the developed robot system and control methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2014 International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, ICMIC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages53-58
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9780956715746
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, ICMIC 2014 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 3 Dec 20145 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2014 International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, ICMIC 2014

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, ICMIC 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period3/12/145/12/14

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