Development of an Intelligent Prosthetic Ankle Joint 3rd Report, Development of the 2nd Prototype with an Intelligent Prosthetic Ankle Joint and Experimental Evaluations

It is very important to test the intelligent prosthetic ankle joint in various conditions to ensure the usability of the equipment, however, there are some difficulties to evaluate the performance of the first prototype which is controlled by a bulky system adequately for the inferior mobility of th...

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Published inTransactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C Vol. 72; no. 720; pp. 2533 - 2539
Main Authors FURUSHO, Junji, AKAZAWA, Yasushi, KOYANAGI, Ken'ichi, LI, Chengqiu, NAKAGAWA, Akio, MORIMOTO, Shoji, TOKUDA, Miwa, HASHIMOTO, Yasunori
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 25.08.2006
Subjects
Gait Analysis
MR Brake
MR Fluid
Prosthetic AnkleJoint
Prosthetic Foot
Walking Experiment
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ISSN0387-5024
1884-8354
DOI10.1299/kikaic.72.2533

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Summary:It is very important to test the intelligent prosthetic ankle joint in various conditions to ensure the usability of the equipment, however, there are some difficulties to evaluate the performance of the first prototype which is controlled by a bulky system adequately for the inferior mobility of the controlling system. In this paper, a prototype with an intelligent prosthetic ankle joint controlled by a mobile system constructed from a notebook computer and a compact and light control unit was developed to enable testing experiments in various environments. Walking experiments with the prototype was carried out and the usability of the intelligent prosthetic ankle joint was confirmed.
ISSN:0387-5024
1884-8354
DOI:10.1299/kikaic.72.2533