In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems
Mechatronics has made possible more sophisticated and intelligent systems and significantly changed the way humans relate and interact with machines. A development worthy of special attention is the powered exoskeleton initiative. Powered exoskeletons are viewed as a means of enhancing human power a...
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| author | Seet, Gerald Thondiyath, Asokan Au, A. S. Iastrebov, Viatcheslav |
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| description | Mechatronics has made possible more sophisticated and intelligent systems and significantly changed the way humans relate and interact with machines. A development worthy of special attention is the powered exoskeleton initiative. Powered exoskeletons are viewed as a means of enhancing human power and endurance capability in the absence of heavy lifting equipment. An example would be the early stages of civilian disaster response. In the past, powered exoskeletons were envisaged as vehicles with joystick and pushbutton controls, where the human commands the system. Current approach has moved towards more ‘transparent’ or intuitive controls where the system has to perceive the operators needs and to act accordingly. In the event of system failure, the powered exoskeleton can pose significant danger to the human operator encased in the system. The need for failsafe design is paramount. This paper highlights this approach in the identification of a safe design for a human powered exoskeleton system for human endurance enhancement. It describes a direct measurement and computational approach towards identifying the necessary torque, power and joint motion limits as a means of ensuring a safe design. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1382142020-09-26T22:05:01Z In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems Seet, Gerald Thondiyath, Asokan Au, A. S. Iastrebov, Viatcheslav School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 11th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice Robotics Research Centre Engineering::Mechanical engineering Powered Exoskeleton Man-machine Systems Mechatronics has made possible more sophisticated and intelligent systems and significantly changed the way humans relate and interact with machines. A development worthy of special attention is the powered exoskeleton initiative. Powered exoskeletons are viewed as a means of enhancing human power and endurance capability in the absence of heavy lifting equipment. An example would be the early stages of civilian disaster response. In the past, powered exoskeletons were envisaged as vehicles with joystick and pushbutton controls, where the human commands the system. Current approach has moved towards more ‘transparent’ or intuitive controls where the system has to perceive the operators needs and to act accordingly. In the event of system failure, the powered exoskeleton can pose significant danger to the human operator encased in the system. The need for failsafe design is paramount. This paper highlights this approach in the identification of a safe design for a human powered exoskeleton system for human endurance enhancement. It describes a direct measurement and computational approach towards identifying the necessary torque, power and joint motion limits as a means of ensuring a safe design. Accepted version 2020-04-29T04:21:31Z 2020-04-29T04:21:31Z 2004 Conference Paper Seet, G., Thondiyath, A., Au, A. S., & Iastrebov, V. (2004). In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems. 11th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138214 en © 2004 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Powered Exoskeleton Man-machine Systems Seet, Gerald Thondiyath, Asokan Au, A. S. Iastrebov, Viatcheslav In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title | In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title_full | In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title_fullStr | In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title_short | In pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man-machine mechatronic systems |
| title_sort | in pursuit of safer design for tightly coupled man machine mechatronic systems |
| topic | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Powered Exoskeleton Man-machine Systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138214 |
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