3,016,760 3,098,645 3, 207497 3,844,279 3,871,032 3,916,450 4,442,390 4,463,291
4,518,307 4,532.462 4,546,295 4,546,296 4,546.297 4,546.298 4,569,352 4,600,357 …

Knee orthoses or prostheses can be used to automatically when it is appropriate to initiate a
stand-up sequence based on the position of the person's knee with respect to the person's …

An exoskeleton worn by a human user consists of a rigid pelvic harness, worn about the
waist of the user, and exoskeleton leg structures, each of which extends downwardly …

(51) Int. Cl. having at least one joint includes a finite state machine con G05B
2L/00(2006.01) figured to receive feedback data relating to the state of the A6F …

A method of processing information is provided. The method involves receiving a message;
processing the message with a trained artificial neural network based processor, having at …

Artificial limbs and joints that behave like biological limbs and joints employ a synthetic
actuator which consumes neg ligible power when exerting Zero force, consumes negligible …

Abstract Biomimetic Hybrid Actuators employed in biologically-inspired musculoskeletal
architectures employ an electric motor for supplying positive energy to and storing negative …

BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Description The present description relates, in general, to
bipedal legged robots (eg, biped humanoid robots), and, more par ticularly, to a method for …

A neuromuscular model-based controller for a robotic limb having at least one joint includes
a neuromuscular model having a muscle model, muscle geometry and reflex feedback loop …

In one aspect, the invention provides methods and apparatus facilitating an adjustable-
stiffness prosthesis or orthosis (including approximations to arbitrarily definable non-linear …