A Force Retention Mechanism by MR Spring for Walking Support

摘要：

In recent years。the number of elderly persons and lower limb disabled people has increased and most of them need a cane or a wheelchair to support their walk in their daily lives． Eyen though the cane is quite common and widely used it has the disadvantage of putting a large load on the upper limbs． In this study．we aim to develop an assistive tool in the form of a robotic assisted cane to support walk．We propose a novel actuator for the walking cane with a force retention mechanism by integrating MR(Magneto-rheological)fluid and a spring (MR Spring)．MR fluid is a functional fluid which rheological characteristics change according to the applied magnetic field．

作者: Shinya Shimizu Kenji Suzuki

作者单位: Department of Intelligent Interaction Technologies,Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering,University of Tsukuba,Tennodai Tsukuba,Japan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics(2009 IEEE 机器人与仿生技术国际会议 ROBIO 2009)

会议地点: 桂林

会议语种:英文

页码: 1148-1153

在线出版日期: 2009-12-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）