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Modeling for the Design of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for People with Gait Impairments

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Abstract

As part of the research efforts carried out at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, proposed models of lower limb exoskeletons were developed and simulated with the aim of getting valuable information for later mechanical design, and control system design, of the Lima lower limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation cases, which should replicate human gait and help people with gait impairments in the attempt to recover gait ability. This paper describes the process of modeling proposed for the Lima lower limb exoskeleton and shows simulation results that are important for future works.

Keywords

  • Lower limb
  • Exoskeleton
  • Normal gait

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Innovate Peru, an entity of the Government of Peru, through grant N° 203-FINCyT-IA-2013, and by Dirección de Gestión de la Investigación (DGI-PUCP).

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  1. Laboratory of Research in Biomechanics and Applied Robotics, Department of Mechanical Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú, Av. Universitaria 1801, Lima, Peru

    Christian Chicoma, Oscar Cieza, Enrique Pujada & Dante A. Elias

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Andrés Kecskeméthy

  2. Chair of Mechanics and Robotics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Piura, Piura, Peru

    Prof. Eliodoro Carrera

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Chicoma, C., Cieza, O., Pujada, E., Elias, D.A. (2019). Modeling for the Design of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for People with Gait Impairments. In: Kecskeméthy, A., Geu Flores, F., Carrera, E., Elias, D. (eds) Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 71. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16423-2_12

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