Lower-limb prostheses and exoskeletons with energy regeneration: Mechatronic design and optimization review

B Laschowski, J McPhee… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Lower-limb biomechatronic devices (ie, prostheses and exoskeletons) depend upon
onboard batteries to power wearable sensors, actuators, and microprocessors, therein …

Review of the actuators of active knee prostheses and their target design outputs for activities of daily living

DS Pieringer, M Grimmer, MF Russold… - 2017 International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Active prosthetic knees have the capability to provide net positive work, which is required in
daily activities like stair and ramp negotiation or sit-to-stand transfers. Adding this capability …

Intelligent knee prostheses: A systematic review of control strategies

L Li, X Wang, Q Meng, C Chen, J Sun, H Yu - Journal of Bionic …, 2022 - Springer
The intelligent knee prosthesis is capable of human-like bionic lower limb control through
advanced control systems and artificial intelligence algorithms that will potentially minimize …

Toward the development of knee prostheses: Review of current active devices

RR Torrealba… - Applied …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a thorough review of the initiatives carried out in the last 10 years
toward the development of active knee prostheses (AKP) for transfemoral amputees. Three …

On Using a Brushless Motor as a Passive Torque-Controllable Brake

LG Vailati, M Goldfarb - Journal of Dynamic Systems …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
When compared to electrically modulated brakes (EMBs), such as a magnetic particle brake,
modern brushless direct current (BLDC) motors have substantially higher power densities …

Studying and analyzing the performance of photovoltaic system by using fuzzy logic controller

UH Salman, SF Nawaf, MO Salih - Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and …, 2022 - beei.org
The main objective of this paper is to implement a circuit-based simulation model of a
photovoltaic (PV) cell in order to investigate the electrical behavior of the practical cell with …

Advances in active knee brace technology: A review of gait analysis, actuation, and control applications

U Trivedi, AY Joshi - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This article discusses the significance of knee joint mechanics and the consequences of
knee dysfunctions on an individual's quality of life. The utilization of active knee braces …

Design and evaluation of a hybrid passive–active knee prosthesis on energy consumption

X Wang, Q Meng, Z Zhang, J Sun, J Yang… - Mechanical …, 2020 - ms.copernicus.org
The existing lower limb prostheses with passive knees have disadvantages, causing an
asymmetric gait and higher metabolic cost during level walking which is in contrast with a …

On the Benefits and Limitations of Modulated Damping With Passive Motor Control

LG Vailati, M Goldfarb - Journal of Dynamic Systems …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Conventional emulated damping, in which velocity feedback is employed in combination
with motor current control to emulate damping, is used in a number of mechatronic …

Plantar pressure analysis of above-knee amputee with a developed microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee

W Cao, H Yu, Q Meng, S Li - Acta of Bioengineering and …, 2018 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Purpose: Human gait motion analysis was one useful method for lower limb prosthesis
study. The most often measured parameters were plantar pressure, kinetic and kinematic …