Low Power Consuming Arm Exoskeleton Design Using Force Sensitive Resistors

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10.2991/jimec-17.2017.16How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Arm Exoskeleton; Force Sensitive Resistor; Low Power Consuming

Abstract

Exoskeleton as a wearable robotic machine has a huge potential to be used in medical, industrial, civilian and military field as it can increase the user's strength and endurance. The scope of this paper covers three major engineering fields which are mechanical, electronic and programming engineering. Design of the physical arm exoskeleton structure, actuator controller, and the microcontroller programming are included in this paper. A cost effective liner actuator which is able to generate large torque is used in the design. For the movement capturing part, two low-cost force sensitive resistors which are able to provide enough accuracy required to detect user motion are used. A linear actuator which can provide sufficient thrust and will not consume any power at any stationary position is chosen to drive the exoskeleton and for power saving purpose. The design arm exoskeleton has been tested and it is able to react according to the user arm movement and provide force to assist user in carrying heavy loads.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - S.y. Leong
AU  - Y.h. Goh
AU  - C.y. Teoh
PY  - 2017/10
DA  - 2017/10
TI  - Low Power Consuming Arm Exoskeleton Design Using Force Sensitive Resistors
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 2nd Joint International Information Technology, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Conference (JIMEC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-538X
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