Arbitrary Load Force Design in Human Exercise by Power Assist System

摘要

For the upcoming aging society, power-assisting equipments are required which supports the body motion of the elderly or disabled people. In this paper, a muscle force design technique in human exercise is proposed. By this method, load force of any selected muscle is arbitrarily designed. An advanced human model is developed integrating human muscle and artificial muscle. The force of the artificial muscle is determined by muscle force optimization through the integrated model and motion measurement.