On-line Simulation Tool for the Design and Analysis of Lower-limb Prosthetic Devices

This paper presents a new and practical simulation interface to design and analyze lower-limb prosthetic devices. The proposed tool simulates the gait of a lower limb amputee using a desired prosthetic device. It allows the analysis of simple passive devices or the testing of control algorithms for...

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Published in2007 4th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering pp. 98 - 101
Main Authors Melendez-Calderon, A., Caltenco-Arciniega, H.A., Dosen, S., Chong-Quero, J.E.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2007
Subjects
Algorithm design and analysis
Analytical models
Design engineering
Fuzzy control
Hip
Humans
Lower-limb amputee
Muscles
Prosthetics
Robots
Testing
transfemoral prosthesis
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Summary:This paper presents a new and practical simulation interface to design and analyze lower-limb prosthetic devices. The proposed tool simulates the gait of a lower limb amputee using a desired prosthetic device. It allows the analysis of simple passive devices or the testing of control algorithms for active prostheses. The results presented in this paper correspond to the use of this tool to test a Fuzzy Controller specially designed for an active transfemoral prosthesis. To validate the tool, the simulation results are compared with "real-life" experiments.
ISBN:1424411653
9781424411658
DOI:10.1109/ICEEE.2007.4344983