Foot contact forces can be used to personalize a wearable robot during human walking

Abstract Individuals with below-knee amputation (BKA) experience increased physical effort when walking, and the use of a robotic ankle-foot prosthesis (AFP) can reduce such effort. The walking effort could be further reduced if the robot is personalized to the wearer using human-in-the-loop (HIL) o...

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Main Authors: Michael Jacobson, Prakyath Kantharaju, Hyeongkeun Jeong, Jae-Kwan Ryu, Jung-Jae Park, Hyun-Joon Chung, Myunghee Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14776-9