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SolidWorks/SimMechanics-based lower extremity exoskeleton modeling procedure for rehabilitation

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

To regulate and optimize the modeling process of lower extremity exoskeleton for rehabilitation, a SolidWorks/SimMechanics-based exoskeleton modeling procedure which includes three stages of modeling, simulation and evaluation, is proposed. Firstly, by importing assembly files of exoskeleton model from SolidWorks to MATLAB Simulink/ SimMechanics, a virtual prototype is generated, which is expediently used for the simulation of exoskeleton mechanism and the calculation of dynamics and kinematics parameters. Secondly the simulation stage is visualized by Simulink/ SimMechanics 3D interpreter and MATLAB's 2D graphics, which alleviates the derivation of complex dynamical equations. Thirdly the human gait data from C3D database is adopted as the simulation constraint and used to calculate zero moment point (ZMP) to evaluate the stability of virtual prototype. This modeling procedure makes modification of the mechanical structure more efficient and can also be applied to other mechanism simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Pages2058-2061
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Beijing, China
Duration: 26 May 201231 May 2012

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume39 IFMBE
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

ConferenceWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period26/05/1231/05/12

Keywords

  • Simulink/SimMechanics
  • exoskeleton
  • rehabilitation
  • virtual prototype
  • zero moment point (ZMP)

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