TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper aims to deal with the development of a novel lower limb exoskeleton to assist disabled people in stair ascending.Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a novel design of a mixture of motors and cables has been proposed for users to wear them easily and show the application of the system in stair climbing.Findings One of the prominences of this study is the provided robot design where four joints are actuated with only two motors; each motor actuates either the knees or ankles. Another advantage of the designed system is that with motors placed in a backpack, the knee braces can be worn under clothes to be concealed. Finally, the system performance is evaluated using electromyography (EMG) signals showing 28 per cent reduction in energy consumption of related muscles.Originality/value This investigation deals with the development of a novel lower limb exoskeleton to assist disabled people in stair ascending.
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SN  - 0143-991X
DO  - 10.1108/IR-09-2018-0199
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-09-2018-0199
AU  - Joudzadeh Payman
AU  - Hadi Alireza
AU  - Tarvirdizadeh Bahram
AU  - Borooghani Danial
AU  - Alipour Khalil
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Design and fabrication of a lower limb exoskeleton to assist in stair ascending
T2  - Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 290
EP  - 299
Y2  - 2024/05/07
ER  -