期刊
SENSORS
卷 19, 期 20, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s19204418
关键词
walking terrain; terrain estimation; terrain classification; kinematic analysis; center of pressure; lower limb exoskeleton
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea Government, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) [NRF-2013R1A2A2A01069067, NRF-2017M1A3A3A02016507]
While controlling a lower limb exoskeleton providing walking assistance to wearers, the walking terrain is an important factor that should be considered for meeting performance and safety requirements. Therefore, we developed a method to estimate the slope and elevation using the contact points between the limb exoskeleton and ground. We used the center of pressure as a contact point on the ground and calculated the location of the contact points on the walking terrain based on kinematic analysis of the exoskeleton. Then, a set of contact points collected from each step during walking was modeled as the plane that represents the surface of the walking terrain through the least-square method. Finally, by comparing the normal vectors of the modeled planes for each step, features of the walking terrain were estimated. We analyzed the estimation accuracy of the proposed method through experiments on level ground, stairs, and a ramp. Classification using the estimated features showed recognition accuracy higher than 95% for all experimental motions. The proposed method approximately analyzed the movement of the exoskeleton on various terrains even though no prior information on the walking terrain was provided. The method can enable exoskeleton systems to actively assist walking in various environments.
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