Bioinspired hip exoskeleton for enhanced physical interaction

Abstract

Exoskeletons are becoming one of the most promising devices to improve quality of life to injured patients to regain ability to walk. Bioinspired designs in exoskeletons could increase adaptability as well as minimal interference to perform gait movements. An important issue regarding the design of this devices is the hip joint. This work presents a design of a bioinspired hip exoskeleton for enhanced physical interaction, which is based on the motion analysis model, taking into account bioinspired design criterion, and also concepts of wearable robots. As future work, both, the 3D prototyping of this device to evaluate the gait performance, and the actuators selection are considered.