Mechanical Design of a Hybrid Leg Exoskeleton to Augment Load-Carrying for Walking

An innovative lower extremity exoskeleton, SJTU-EX, is demonstrated in Shanghai JiaoTong University, which mainly aims to help soldiers and workers to support a payload in motion. This paper summarizes the mechanical design of SJTU-EX. Each pseudo-anthropomorphic leg of SJTU-EX has four active joint...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yunjie Miao, Feng Gao, Dalei Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/57238