Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation

Current leg exoskeletons for rehabilitation are mostly heavy and bulky, which limits their applications in clinical settings. Moreover, portable leg exoskeletons driven by built-in batteries have limited working hours due to low energy efficiency. This thesis was aimed to develop a compact and porta...

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Main Author: Shen, Zefang
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78295
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description Current leg exoskeletons for rehabilitation are mostly heavy and bulky, which limits their applications in clinical settings. Moreover, portable leg exoskeletons driven by built-in batteries have limited working hours due to low energy efficiency. This thesis was aimed to develop a compact and portable leg exoskeleton with a long lasting battery life. The exoskeleton adopted a planar 1-DOF linkage for compactness and clutched-spring mechanisms for energy efficiency.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-782952022-03-21T06:35:27Z Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation Shen, Zefang Current leg exoskeletons for rehabilitation are mostly heavy and bulky, which limits their applications in clinical settings. Moreover, portable leg exoskeletons driven by built-in batteries have limited working hours due to low energy efficiency. This thesis was aimed to develop a compact and portable leg exoskeleton with a long lasting battery life. The exoskeleton adopted a planar 1-DOF linkage for compactness and clutched-spring mechanisms for energy efficiency. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78295 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Shen, Zefang
Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title_full Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title_fullStr Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title_full_unstemmed Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title_short Design and Development of a 1-Degree-of-Freedom Leg Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
title_sort design and development of a 1-degree-of-freedom leg exoskeleton for rehabilitation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78295