Evaluation and Development of Assistive Cart for Matching to User Walking
Author(s) -
Kazuto MIYAWAKI,
Takehiro IWAMI,
Yuuji Ogasawara,
Goro Obinata,
Yoichi Shimada
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0637
Subject(s) - cart , computer science , gait , matching (statistics) , energy consumption , gait analysis , human–computer interaction , simulation , artificial intelligence , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , electrical engineering
As society ages, devices to assist human movement are attracting increasing attention. We evaluated a cart we developed to assist walking, calculating energy consumption based on a muscle-skeleton model. The cart decreased energy consumption by 6% in a normal gait. We expect our evaluation to be useful for developing a practical walker.
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