期刊
IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS
卷 24, 期 2, 页码 471-482出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2019.2892609
关键词
Ankle-foot; design; nonbackdrivable; prosthesis; robotics; transmission; transtibial amputee
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资金
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research [90RE5014-02-00]
- College of Engineering at the University of Utah
Robotic ankle prostheses can imitate the biomechanical function of intact legs at the cost of a larger weight and size compared to conventional passive prostheses. Unfortunately, increased weight and size negatively affect comfort and socket stability, ultimately limiting their clinical viability. Alternatively, a nonbackdrivable transmission system can be used to actively regulate the ankle position during nonweight bearing activities only. This semiactive design can be made smaller and lighter as a result of the lower actuation power requirements. However, the transmission system must withstand high loads during stance and standing. Thus, available semiactive prostheses are still significantly heavier and have a larger build height than passive ankle prostheses. In this paper, we present the design, development, and validation of a semiactive ankle prosthesis with a nonbackdrivable cam follower mechanism designed to lower the load on moving components and align with the foot longitudinally as necessary to reduce the prosthesis weight and size. The proposed ankle mechanism is similar to 50% shorter, has similar to 40% wider range of motion (ROM), and is estimated to be similar to 27% lighter than available semiactive prostheses. Experiments with a transtibial subject show that the semiactive prosthesis can increase foot clearance up to 142% and reduce the load on the residual limb as low as 32% compared to passive prostheses.
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