Mechanism design of an ankle robot MKA-III for rehabilitation training

Chunbao Wang, Zhijiang Lu, Lihong Duan*, Quanquan Liu, Tongyang Sun, Zhixiang Lu, Weiguang Li, Meng Li, Yajing Shen, Qing Shi, Yulong Wang, Jianjun Long, Jianjun Wei, Jian Qin, Zhengzhi Wu

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Abstract

With the development of aging society, the number of hemiplegia patients grows rapidly and over 75% of survivors suffering hemiplegia need rehabilitation training. To assist therapists, series of rehabilitation training robots were carried out. However, most of current researches are only focusing on function training. They ignore the importance of neurological rehabilitation in early phrase of hemiplegia. Early rehabilitation takes a fundamental position in neurological rehabilitation and whole-body rehabilitation. To fulfill all of those requirements, MKA series have been developed. During the experiment, there is some problems including unreliable transmission and dehumanization design. For these reasons, in this paper, we propose the MKA-III. Based on physiological structure and rehabilitation theory, the mechanism was design. In this paper, the detail design of the mechanism is introduced. The mechanical structure includes four parts, adduction/abduction parts, dorsiflexion/plantar flexion parts, inversion/eversion parts and sensing unit. Each part of ankle rehabilitation robot was introduced in detail. In addition, for the motor control and information acquisition, the hard system is introduced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages284-289
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509027323
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Sept 2016
Event6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2016 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 19 Jun 201622 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2016

Conference

Conference6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period19/06/1622/06/16

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