Ambulation in everyday life requires walking at variable speeds, variable inclines, and variable terrains. Powered prostheses aim to provide this adaptability through control of the actuated joints. Some powered prost...
Ambulation in everyday life requires walking at variable speeds, variable inclines, and variable terrains. Powered prostheses aim to provide this adaptability through control of the actuated joints. Some powered prosthesis controllers can adapt to discrete changes in speed and incline but require manual tuning to determine the control parameters, leading to poor clinical viability. Other data-driven controllers can continuously adapt to changes in speed and incline but do so by imposing the same non-amputee gait patterns for all amputee subjects, which does not consider subjective preferences and differing clinical needs of users. Here, we present a controller for powered knee and ankle prostheses that can continuously adapt to different walking speeds, inclines, and uneven terrains without enforcing a specific prosthesis position, impedance, or torque. A virtual biarticular muscle connection determines the knee flexion torque, which changes with both speed and slope. Adaptation to inclines and uneven terrains is based solely on the global shank orientation. Continuously variable damping allows for speed adaptation. Minimum-jerk programming defines the prosthesis swing trajectory at variable cadences. Experiments with one individual with an above-knee amputation suggest that the proposed controller can effectively adapt to different walking speeds, inclines, and rough terrains.
A typical manipulation task consists of a manipulator equipped with a gripper to grasp and move an object with constraints on the motion of the hand-held object, which may be due to the nature of the task itself or fr...
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(数字)9798350377705
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(纸本)9798350377712
A typical manipulation task consists of a manipulator equipped with a gripper to grasp and move an object with constraints on the motion of the hand-held object, which may be due to the nature of the task itself or from object-environment contacts. In this paper, we study the problem of computing joint torques and grasping forces for time-optimal motion of an object, while ensuring that the grasp is not lost and any constraints on the motion of the object, either due to dynamics, environment contact, or no-slip requirements, are also satisfied. We present a second-order cone program (SOCP) formulation of the time-optimal trajectory planning problem that considers nonlinear friction cone constraints at the hand-object and object-environment contacts. Since SOCPs are convex optimization problems that can be solved optimally in polynomial time using interior point methods, we can solve the trajectory optimization problem efficiently. We present simulation results on three examples, including a non-prehensile manipulation task, which shows the generality and effectiveness of our approach.
In view of the shortcomings of the serial dexterous hand (SDH) in heavy load, precise in-hand manipulation, and bidirectional pinching capability, this paper presents a 6-DOF 3PRS-finger-based parallel dexterous hand ...
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The autonomous learning of new goals in robotics remains a complex issue to address. Here, we propose a model where curiosity influence learning flexibility. To do so, this paper proposes to root curiosity and attenti...
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In this work, the novel approach Dynamic disturbance (Dydis) substructuring is introduced, and the concept is demonstrated, first on a linear system and then on a simple nonlinear system. Dydis is a means to character...
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This study was performed to verify the feasibility of using a black ice danger area estimation function based on the wetness data acquired by a piezoelectric based RCS (Road Condition Sensor) through real road tests u...
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Attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) plays an important role in a variety of application fields. In the AHRS, stationary alignment is performed to determine the initial orientation of the sensor frame with res...
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(数字)9798350363517
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(纸本)9798350363524
Attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) plays an important role in a variety of application fields. In the AHRS, stationary alignment is performed to determine the initial orientation of the sensor frame with respect to the navigation frame based on inertial/magnetic sensor signals. In this study, we analyze the effects of sensor error factors of accelerometer and magnetometer on attitude and heading accuracy for stationary alignment in undisturbed conditions. This study compared the attitude and heading errors by sensor error factors including noise, bias, nonorthogonality, and misalignment. Simulation results showed that sensor noise with a constant noise density made attitude/heading errors converge to specific RMSEs regardless of sensor orientations, while nonorthogonality and misalignment caused large deviations in attitude/heading errors depending on sensor orientations.
Laplacian dynamics on signed digraphs have a richer behavior than those on nonnegative digraphs. In particular, for the so-called 'repelling' signed Laplacians, the marginal stability property (needed to achie...
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Energy expenditure (EE) is important quantities in evaluating the intensity of physical activity and health status. EE can be estimated based on signals from wearable sensors such as inertial measurement unit (IMU) an...
Energy expenditure (EE) is important quantities in evaluating the intensity of physical activity and health status. EE can be estimated based on signals from wearable sensors such as inertial measurement unit (IMU) and electromyography (EMG) sensor. Although many algorithms have been developed to estimate EE during daily life [1] – [4] , only a few algorithms have evaluated the performance of EE according to walking conditions (speed and incline) [2] – [4] . This paper presents a combined model of convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) for an IMU-based EE estimation under various walking conditions. The results of this study suggest the optimal IMU location for estimating EE during level walkings/runnings and inclined walkings.
In recent years, there have been many missions where the rovers land and explore the surface of planets or other extraterrestrial bodies. The purpose of these missions is to return the samples of extraterrestrial grou...
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(数字)9798350394276
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(纸本)9798350394283
In recent years, there have been many missions where the rovers land and explore the surface of planets or other extraterrestrial bodies. The purpose of these missions is to return the samples of extraterrestrial ground. These samples can solve the planets’ origins and their sources of life. They have not only scientific value but also engineering value. Information on ground characteristics is helpful when building the base. The underground samples are especially valuable because they are not affected by space weathering and keep good conditions. In this background, the rovers, which move underground, have received attention as the method to obtain underground samples. In our previous study, the moving mechanism, which moves underground using vibrations, was proposed. The internal ground resistance decreases when imparting vibrations because the ground particles move and behave like a fluid. On the other hand, the inner ground resistance increases after imparting vibrations because the ground was compacted. The proposed mechanism moves underground while changing the ground condition. This study investigated the relationship between internal ground resistance force and vibration kinds because this relationship helps move underground. In the experiment, inner ground resistance force was measured when an object vibrating was dragged on the ground. In the results, the inner ground resistance force is increased by the vibration whose vibratory force is low. On the other hand, it is decreased by the vibration whose vibratory force is high. This knowledge is valuable for designing the rover’s underground movement using vibrations.
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