Study on variable power assist control of power assist suit

Abstract

This is study on control method of power assist suit that supports lifting motion and reduces the load on the waist of the wearer. The purpose of this study is to determine and control the required assist force of power assist suit from the parameters obtained by the sensor. To control magnitude of assist power according to the posture of wearer, we made dynamics model of lifting body and calculate load on the body. We used linear support vector machines to classify the amount of weight of a luggage.