Abstract
Current study results on Robotics have been published. According to news reporting originating in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This paper presents the design, modeling, and control of a novel soft-rigid knee joint robot (SR-KR) for assisting motion. SR-KR is proposed to assist patients with knee joint injuries conducting gait training and completing walking movements.” Funders for this research include National Key Technology R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, “SR-KR consists of a novel soft-rigid bidirectional curl actuator, a thigh clamping structure, and a crus clamping structure. The actuating part of SR-KR is composed of soft materials, which ensures the wearing comfort and safety, while the wearing parts contain rigid structure, which ensures the efficient transmission of torque. The bending deformation model of SR-KR is established, which reveal the relationship among SRKR’s bending curvature, working pressure, and output torque. Experiments show that SR-KR can provide more than 26.3 Nm torque for knee joint motion in human gait range. A double closed loop servo control system including attitude servo and pressure servo is built to better apply SR-KR.”
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