In this study, a bio-joint shaped knee joint exoskeleton is presented. This design is meant for avoiding misalignment of the exoskeleton joint with the biological knee joint. For this purpose a cam mechanism has been designed to prevent the misalignment from translation of the femur on tibia. Additionally, walking and sit-to-stance is passively assisted with a spring element that is activated with the heel contact. A single spring is used for both walking and sit-to-stance, due to the similar characteristics of the gait cycle and initial phases of the sit-to-stance in joint stiffness.
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Kapci, M. F., & Unal, R. (2019). Design of bio-joint shaped knee exoskeleton assisting for walking and sit-to-stance. In Biosystems and Biorobotics (Vol. 22, pp. 495–499). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_96
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