The Proceedings of the Dynamics & Design Conference
Online ISSN : 2424-2993
2005
Session ID : 409
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409 Development of Power Assist Suit : Improvement of waist and leg units
Mineo ISHIIKeijiro YAMAMOTOKazuhito HYODOYoshitomo WAKAI
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New power assisting suit consisting of shoulders, arms, a back, a waist,a hip and legs units was developed. The hip unit has the direct drive pneumatic actuator assisting the rotation of hip joints and has joints which realize the external rotation of legs. The new suit combined the hip unit transmitted assisting torque directly to each joint, especially independently to the waist joints and to the hip joints of the wearer, so that the wearer could walk easily keeping weight in the hands, and by wearing the suit the weight could be lifted by half or less muscular power.
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