A cable-pulley transmission for ankle joint actuation in artificial leg

Huaxin Liu, Marco Ceccarelli, Qiang Huang, Xinran Guo, Haotian She, Weimin Zhang*

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Abstract

In this paper a cable-pulley transmission is proposed as the angular actuation system in ankle joints of artificial legs with human-scale design. The ankle articular characteristics in human and robotic ankles are discussed toward a proper design solution for efficient and accurate operation in coordination with leg motion. A flow chart of a design procedure is introduced for mechatronic iterative optimal design. A mechanical design is elaborated for ankle angular pitch DOF and it is used for dynamic simulation in ADAMS environment. Simulation results are discussed to characterize both the performance and feasibility of the proposed design. A simulated validation is reported as an approximate operating solution of human-walking in order to show the main advantages of the proposed design in possible humanoid robot implementations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanisms and Machine Science
EditorsXilun Ding, Xianwen Kong, Jian S. Dai, Jian S. Dai
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Pages559-570
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319233260
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume36
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Keywords

  • Artificial ankle joints
  • Cable-pulley transmission
  • Simulation

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