Improving the safety of ankle-foot rehabilitation system with hybrid control

  • Geng Chen
  • , Zhihao Zhou
  • , Yanggang Feng
  • , Rongli Wang
  • , Ninghua Wang
  • , Qining Wang

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Abstract

The safety is an important issue in robot-assisted rehabilitation systems. In this paper, we present a therapist-joined hybrid control method to improve the safety of a robotic ankle-foot system for post stroke rehabilitation, combining therapist-joined zero torque control and proxy-based sliding mode control in the continuous passive motion based rehabilitation. The zero torque control is applied when measuring the range of motion of the subject to obtain its extreme joint angle and largest resistance torque. According to these data, a subject-suited position controller of proxy-based sliding mode control can be specified to implement passive stretching, with desired trajectory designed and torque output limited for the subject individually. Experiments were performed to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method on improving safety.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAIM 2015 - 2015 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages700-705
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467391078
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2015 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 7 Jul 201511 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameIEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
Volume2015-August

Conference

ConferenceIEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period7/07/1511/07/15

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