An innovative design and development has been made of a prosthetic shoe to be employed for gait identification by an artificially intelligent prosthesis controller. The aim is to develop a universally adaptive shoe, which can identify toe and heel strike under dynamic conditions. The system consists of specially designed sensors with inbuilt spring characteristics that give an interrupt to the controller as and when there is a heel or a toe strike. For gait identification, heel strike and toe strike of both the legs have to be found therefore need for such a shoe is there. Six normal persons of varying weight and postures were successfully tested upon to show the applicability of the shoe. The most important design consideration was to ensure for economical availability, replace-ability and serviceability of the shoe and sensors by the amputee.
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