Mechanical Design of Knee and Ankle Exoskeleton to Help Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities

Ignatius Deo Putranto, Eka Budiarto, Lydia Anggraeni Kidarsa

2019

Abstract

In the medical world, exoskeleton in this project refers to an orthosis, which is applied externally to the user’s body. This project aims to develop an exoskeleton with an affordable cost especially for assistance and rehabilitation. This project mainly cover around the mechanical design of the product, covering of two primary joints of the lower body part: knee and ankle. The overall size of the exoskeleton referring to limb segments is limited to a select range of subject proportion. Each joint is to be motorized and equipped by certain mechanism such as the application of linear actuator and four-bar linkage mechanism for the knee and ankle joint, that enhances the efficiency with respect to speed and power transmission during actuations, as well as the ability to deliver a smooth human locomotion. The types of body movement discussed is around the sagittal plane which are flexion and extension for knee joint, including the dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of the ankle joint. In order to help the patient regain the ability to move as mentioned, the exoskeleton is made especially for external use with existing limbs for the lower body part to move, as well as to endure the subject’s weight.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Putranto I., Budiarto E. and Kidarsa L. (2019). Mechanical Design of Knee and Ankle Exoskeleton to Help Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities.In Proceedings of the 11th National Congress and the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association - Volume 1: KONAS XI and PIT XVIII PERDOSRI, ISBN 978-989-758-409-1, pages 16-27. DOI: 10.5220/0009061600160027

in Bibtex Style

@conference{konas xi and pit xviii perdosri19,
author={Ignatius Deo Putranto and Eka Budiarto and Lydia Anggraeni Kidarsa},
title={Mechanical Design of Knee and Ankle Exoskeleton to Help Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th National Congress and the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association - Volume 1: KONAS XI and PIT XVIII PERDOSRI,},
year={2019},
pages={16-27},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009061600160027},
isbn={978-989-758-409-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th National Congress and the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association - Volume 1: KONAS XI and PIT XVIII PERDOSRI,
TI - Mechanical Design of Knee and Ankle Exoskeleton to Help Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities
SN - 978-989-758-409-1
AU - Putranto I.
AU - Budiarto E.
AU - Kidarsa L.
PY - 2019
SP - 16
EP - 27
DO - 10.5220/0009061600160027