Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation

Kuan Yi Wu; Yin Yu Su; Ying Lung Yu; Kuei You Lin; Chao Chieh Lan

doi:10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009308

Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation

Kuan Yi Wu, Yin Yu Su, Ying Lung Yu, Kuei You Lin, Chao Chieh Lan

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Powered exoskeletons can facilitate rehabilitation of patients with upper limb disabilities. Designs using rotary motors usually result in bulky exoskeletons to reduce the problem of moving inertia. This paper presents a new linearly actuated elbow exoskeleton that consists of a slider crank mechanism and a linear motor. The linear motor is placed beside the upper arm and closer to shoulder joint. Thus better inertia properties can be achieved while lightweight and compactness are maintained. A passive joint is introduced to compensate for the exoskeleton-elbow misalignment and intersubject size variation. A linear series elastic actuator (SEA) is proposed to obtain accurate force and impedance control at the exoskeleton-elbow interface. Bidirectional actuation between exoskeleton and forearm is verified, which is required for various rehabilitation processes. We expect this exoskeleton can provide a means of robot-aided elbow rehabilitation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017
Editors	Arash Ajoudani, Panagiotis Artemiadis, Philipp Beckerle, Giorgio Grioli, Olivier Lambercy, Katja Mombaur, Domen Novak, Georg Rauter, Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero, Gionata Salvietti, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Claudio Castellini, Giovanni Di Pino, Zhao Guo, Charmayne Hughes, Fumiya Iida, Tommaso Lenzi, Emanuele Ruffaldi, Fabrizio Sergi, Gim Song Soh, Marco Caimmi, Leonardo Cappello, Raffaella Carloni, Tom Carlson, Maura Casadio, Martina Coscia, Dalia De Santis, Arturo Forner-Cordero, Matthew Howard, Davide Piovesan, Adriano Siqueira, Frank Sup, Masia Lorenzo, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Hyunglae Lee, Carlo Menon, Stanisa Raspopovic, Mo Rastgaar, Renaud Ronsse, Edwin van Asseldonk, Bram Vanderborght, Madhusudhan Venkadesan, Matteo Bianchi, David Braun, Sasha Blue Godfrey, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, Andrew McDaid, Stefano Rossi, Jacopo Zenzeri, Domenico Formica, Nikolaos Karavas, Laura Marchal-Crespo, Kyle B. Reed, Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte, Etienne Burdet, Angelo Basteris, Domenico Campolo, Ashish Deshpande, Venketesh Dubey, Asif Hussain, Vittorio Sanguineti, Ramazan Unal, Glauco Augusto de Paula Caurin, Yasuharu Koike, Stefano Mazzoleni, Hyung-Soon Park, C. David Remy, Ludovic Saint-Bauzel, Nikos Tsagarakis, Jan Veneman, Wenlong Zhang
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	567-572
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538622964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009308
Publication status	Published - 2017 Aug 11
Event	2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 2017 Jul 17 → 2017 Jul 20

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
ISSN (Print)	1945-7898
ISSN (Electronic)	1945-7901

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Other	2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	17-07-17 → 17-07-20

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Control and Systems Engineering
Rehabilitation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Wu, K. Y., Su, Y. Y., Yu, Y. L., Lin, K. Y., & Lan, C. C. (2017). Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation. In A. Ajoudani, P. Artemiadis, P. Beckerle, G. Grioli, O. Lambercy, K. Mombaur, D. Novak, G. Rauter, C. Rodriguez Guerrero, G. Salvietti, F. Amirabdollahian, S. Balasubramanian, C. Castellini, G. Di Pino, Z. Guo, C. Hughes, F. Iida, T. Lenzi, E. Ruffaldi, F. Sergi, G. S. Soh, M. Caimmi, L. Cappello, R. Carloni, T. Carlson, M. Casadio, M. Coscia, D. De Santis, A. Forner-Cordero, M. Howard, D. Piovesan, A. Siqueira, F. Sup, M. Lorenzo, M. G. Catalano, H. Lee, C. Menon, S. Raspopovic, M. Rastgaar, R. Ronsse, E. van Asseldonk, B. Vanderborght, M. Venkadesan, M. Bianchi, D. Braun, S. B. Godfrey, F. Mastrogiovanni, A. McDaid, S. Rossi, J. Zenzeri, D. Formica, N. Karavas, L. Marchal-Crespo, K. B. Reed, N. L. Tagliamonte, E. Burdet, A. Basteris, D. Campolo, A. Deshpande, V. Dubey, A. Hussain, V. Sanguineti, R. Unal, G. A. D. P. Caurin, Y. Koike, S. Mazzoleni, H-S. Park, C. D. Remy, L. Saint-Bauzel, N. Tsagarakis, J. Veneman, ... W. Zhang (Eds.), 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017 (pp. 567-572). [8009308] (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009308

Wu, Kuan Yi ; Su, Yin Yu ; Yu, Ying Lung ; Lin, Kuei You ; Lan, Chao Chieh. / Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation. 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017. editor / Arash Ajoudani ; Panagiotis Artemiadis ; Philipp Beckerle ; Giorgio Grioli ; Olivier Lambercy ; Katja Mombaur ; Domen Novak ; Georg Rauter ; Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero ; Gionata Salvietti ; Farshid Amirabdollahian ; Sivakumar Balasubramanian ; Claudio Castellini ; Giovanni Di Pino ; Zhao Guo ; Charmayne Hughes ; Fumiya Iida ; Tommaso Lenzi ; Emanuele Ruffaldi ; Fabrizio Sergi ; Gim Song Soh ; Marco Caimmi ; Leonardo Cappello ; Raffaella Carloni ; Tom Carlson ; Maura Casadio ; Martina Coscia ; Dalia De Santis ; Arturo Forner-Cordero ; Matthew Howard ; Davide Piovesan ; Adriano Siqueira ; Frank Sup ; Masia Lorenzo ; Manuel Giuseppe Catalano ; Hyunglae Lee ; Carlo Menon ; Stanisa Raspopovic ; Mo Rastgaar ; Renaud Ronsse ; Edwin van Asseldonk ; Bram Vanderborght ; Madhusudhan Venkadesan ; Matteo Bianchi ; David Braun ; Sasha Blue Godfrey ; Fulvio Mastrogiovanni ; Andrew McDaid ; Stefano Rossi ; Jacopo Zenzeri ; Domenico Formica ; Nikolaos Karavas ; Laura Marchal-Crespo ; Kyle B. Reed ; Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte ; Etienne Burdet ; Angelo Basteris ; Domenico Campolo ; Ashish Deshpande ; Venketesh Dubey ; Asif Hussain ; Vittorio Sanguineti ; Ramazan Unal ; Glauco Augusto de Paula Caurin ; Yasuharu Koike ; Stefano Mazzoleni ; Hyung-Soon Park ; C. David Remy ; Ludovic Saint-Bauzel ; Nikos Tsagarakis ; Jan Veneman ; Wenlong Zhang. IEEE Computer Society, 2017. pp. 567-572 (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics).

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Wu, KY, Su, YY, Yu, YL, Lin, KY & Lan, CC 2017, Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation. in A Ajoudani, P Artemiadis, P Beckerle, G Grioli, O Lambercy, K Mombaur, D Novak, G Rauter, C Rodriguez Guerrero, G Salvietti, F Amirabdollahian, S Balasubramanian, C Castellini, G Di Pino, Z Guo, C Hughes, F Iida, T Lenzi, E Ruffaldi, F Sergi, GS Soh, M Caimmi, L Cappello, R Carloni, T Carlson, M Casadio, M Coscia, D De Santis, A Forner-Cordero, M Howard, D Piovesan, A Siqueira, F Sup, M Lorenzo, MG Catalano, H Lee, C Menon, S Raspopovic, M Rastgaar, R Ronsse, E van Asseldonk, B Vanderborght, M Venkadesan, M Bianchi, D Braun, SB Godfrey, F Mastrogiovanni, A McDaid, S Rossi, J Zenzeri, D Formica, N Karavas, L Marchal-Crespo, KB Reed, NL Tagliamonte, E Burdet, A Basteris, D Campolo, A Deshpande, V Dubey, A Hussain, V Sanguineti, R Unal, GADP Caurin, Y Koike, S Mazzoleni, H-S Park, CD Remy, L Saint-Bauzel, N Tsagarakis, J Veneman & W Zhang (eds), 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017., 8009308, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 567-572, 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017, London, United Kingdom, 17-07-17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009308

Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation. / Wu, Kuan Yi; Su, Yin Yu; Yu, Ying Lung; Lin, Kuei You; Lan, Chao Chieh.

2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017. ed. / Arash Ajoudani; Panagiotis Artemiadis; Philipp Beckerle; Giorgio Grioli; Olivier Lambercy; Katja Mombaur; Domen Novak; Georg Rauter; Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero; Gionata Salvietti; Farshid Amirabdollahian; Sivakumar Balasubramanian; Claudio Castellini; Giovanni Di Pino; Zhao Guo; Charmayne Hughes; Fumiya Iida; Tommaso Lenzi; Emanuele Ruffaldi; Fabrizio Sergi; Gim Song Soh; Marco Caimmi; Leonardo Cappello; Raffaella Carloni; Tom Carlson; Maura Casadio; Martina Coscia; Dalia De Santis; Arturo Forner-Cordero; Matthew Howard; Davide Piovesan; Adriano Siqueira; Frank Sup; Masia Lorenzo; Manuel Giuseppe Catalano; Hyunglae Lee; Carlo Menon; Stanisa Raspopovic; Mo Rastgaar; Renaud Ronsse; Edwin van Asseldonk; Bram Vanderborght; Madhusudhan Venkadesan; Matteo Bianchi; David Braun; Sasha Blue Godfrey; Fulvio Mastrogiovanni; Andrew McDaid; Stefano Rossi; Jacopo Zenzeri; Domenico Formica; Nikolaos Karavas; Laura Marchal-Crespo; Kyle B. Reed; Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte; Etienne Burdet; Angelo Basteris; Domenico Campolo; Ashish Deshpande; Venketesh Dubey; Asif Hussain; Vittorio Sanguineti; Ramazan Unal; Glauco Augusto de Paula Caurin; Yasuharu Koike; Stefano Mazzoleni; Hyung-Soon Park; C. David Remy; Ludovic Saint-Bauzel; Nikos Tsagarakis; Jan Veneman; Wenlong Zhang. IEEE Computer Society, 2017. p. 567-572 8009308 (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics).

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Wu KY, Su YY, Yu YL, Lin KY, Lan CC. Series elastic actuation of an elbow rehabilitation exoskeleton with axis misalignment adaptation. In Ajoudani A, Artemiadis P, Beckerle P, Grioli G, Lambercy O, Mombaur K, Novak D, Rauter G, Rodriguez Guerrero C, Salvietti G, Amirabdollahian F, Balasubramanian S, Castellini C, Di Pino G, Guo Z, Hughes C, Iida F, Lenzi T, Ruffaldi E, Sergi F, Soh GS, Caimmi M, Cappello L, Carloni R, Carlson T, Casadio M, Coscia M, De Santis D, Forner-Cordero A, Howard M, Piovesan D, Siqueira A, Sup F, Lorenzo M, Catalano MG, Lee H, Menon C, Raspopovic S, Rastgaar M, Ronsse R, van Asseldonk E, Vanderborght B, Venkadesan M, Bianchi M, Braun D, Godfrey SB, Mastrogiovanni F, McDaid A, Rossi S, Zenzeri J, Formica D, Karavas N, Marchal-Crespo L, Reed KB, Tagliamonte NL, Burdet E, Basteris A, Campolo D, Deshpande A, Dubey V, Hussain A, Sanguineti V, Unal R, Caurin GADP, Koike Y, Mazzoleni S, Park H-S, Remy CD, Saint-Bauzel L, Tsagarakis N, Veneman J, Zhang W, editors, 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2017. IEEE Computer Society. 2017. p. 567-572. 8009308. (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009308

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