The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy

GS Sawicki, ON Beck, I Kang, AJ Young - Journal of neuroengineering and …, 2020 - Springer
Since the early 2000s, researchers have been trying to develop lower-limb exoskeletons
that augment human mobility by reducing the metabolic cost of walking and running versus …

A tutorial survey and comparison of impedance control on robotic manipulation

P Song, Y Yu, X Zhang - Robotica, 2019 - cambridge.org
There have been significant interests and efforts in the field of impedance control on robotic
manipulation over last decades. Impedance control aims to achieve the desired mechanical …

Continuous-phase control of a powered knee–ankle prosthesis: Amputee experiments across speeds and inclines

D Quintero, DJ Villarreal, DJ Lambert… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control systems for powered prosthetic legs typically divide the gait cycle into several
periods with distinct controllers, resulting in dozens of control parameters that must be tuned …

Online reinforcement learning control for the personalization of a robotic knee prosthesis

Y Wen, J Si, A Brandt, X Gao… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic prostheses deliver greater function than passive prostheses, but we face the
challenge of tuning a large number of control parameters in order to personalize the device …

A survey of belief rule-base expert system

ZJ Zhou, GY Hu, CH Hu, CL Wen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The belief rule-base (BRB) model is a new intelligent expert system with the characteristics
of both expert system and data-driven model. In BRB there are many if-then rules which use …

Autonomous multi-joint soft exosuit with augmentation-power-based control parameter tuning reduces energy cost of loaded walking

S Lee, J Kim, L Baker, A Long, N Karavas… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Soft exosuits are a recent approach for assisting human locomotion, which
apply assistive torques to the wearer through functional apparel. Over the past few years …

Data-driven variable impedance control of a powered knee–ankle prosthesis for adaptive speed and incline walking

TK Best, CG Welker, EJ Rouse… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most impedance-based walking controllers for powered knee–ankle prostheses use a finite
state machine with dozens of user-specific parameters that require manual tuning by …

Human-in-the-loop optimization of wearable robotic devices to improve human–robot interaction: A systematic review

MA Diaz, M Voss, A Dillen, B Tassignon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a systematic review on wearable robotic devices that use human-in-the-
loop optimization (HILO) strategies to improve human–robot interaction. A total of 46 HILO …

Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with indirect volitional swing control enables level-ground walking and crossing over obstacles

J Mendez, S Hood, A Gunnel, T Lenzi - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Powered prostheses aim to mimic the missing biological limb with controllers that are finely
tuned to replicate the nominal gait pattern of non-amputee individuals. Unfortunately, this …

Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with adaptive control enables climbing stairs with different stair heights, cadences, and gait patterns

S Hood, L Gabert, T Lenzi - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Powered prostheses can enable individuals with above-knee amputations to ascend stairs
step-over-step. To accomplish this task, available stair ascent controllers impose a …