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Lower-limb Exoskeleton Testbed for Level Walking with Backpack Load

평지 보행을 위한 하지 근력증강 로봇 테스트베드

  • Seo, Changhoon (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Kim, Hong-chul (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Wang, Ji-Hyeun (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
  • 서창훈 (국방과학연구소 제5기술연구본부) ;
  • 김홍철 (국방과학연구소 제5기술연구본부) ;
  • 왕지현 (국방과학연구소 제5기술연구본부)
  • Received : 2014.08.11
  • Accepted : 2015.05.22
  • Published : 2015.06.05
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Abstract

This paper presents a lower-limb exoskeleton testbed and its control method. An exoskeleton is a wearable robotic system that can enhance wearer's muscle power or assist human's movements. Among a variety of its applications, especially for military purpose, a wearable robot can be very useful for carrying heavy loads during locomotion by augmenting soldiers' mobility and endurance. The locomotion test on a treadmill was performed up to maximum 4km/h walking speed wearing the lower-limb exoskeleton testbed with a 45kg backpack load.

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