An Autonomous Control System for a Prosthetic Foot Ankle
2006 (English)In: 4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems (2006), International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) , 2006, p. 856-861Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
When walking on inclined ground the biological foot adjusts the ankle angle accordingly. Prosthetic foot users have often a limited range of motion in their ankle which makes walking on hills uncomfortable. This paper describes a system which can autonomously correct the ankle angle to the inclination. The ground angle is estimated using an accelerometer. The angle foot blade to heel is then adjusted with a DC-motor. Since the controller only activates the motor when the foot is lifted and thus not loaded, a small powered system can be used.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) , 2006. p. 856-861
Series
Mechatronic Systems ; vol. 4, part 1
Keywords [en]
accelerometers, hill climbing, walking, actuator, adaptive system
National Category
Control Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1798Local ID: 2082/2193ISBN: 978-3-902661-17-3 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-1798DiVA, id: diva2:239016
Conference
4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, 12 - 14 september, 2006, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Germany
Note
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2008-08-272008-08-272018-03-23Bibliographically approved