Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 28, 2023 - July 01, 2023
While walking up a step with a wearable robot, large range of motion of the leg joints may induce an overload of the actuators, losses of balance, and fall. In this paper, we propose a telescopic mechanism for walking up and down a step by a wearable robot. We develop a device to lift and descend the user by pantograph mechanisms under the soles of the wearable robot. In the feasibility test, we confirmed that the device could lift a user up to 164 [mm] in 35 [s], which suggests that the device allows users of the wearable robot to move safely over steps.
