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In this paper, a conceptual design of the two iterations of compliant actuators used within BioMot project, as well as the control strategy used to operate these actuators, is presented. The result of the presented approach are 2 exoskeleton gait prototypes that will be used for incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) patients’ gait rehabilitation.
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This work is supported by the EC’s 7th Framework Program as part of the project BioMot (Grant Agreement number IFP7-ICT-2013-10-611695).
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Bacek, T. et al. (2017). The New Generation of Compliant Actuators for Use in Controllable Bio-Inspired Wearable Robots. In: González-Vargas, J., Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Vidal, J., van der Kooij, H., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_42
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