Assistive robots for health and welfare applications are required to display perceptual, cognitive and bodily-kinaesthetic capabilities that are natural and intuitive for older people and persons with disabilities to interact with, communicate with, work with as partners, and learn to adapt to their needs. However, the embodiment of such capabilities has been scarcely studied, so it is still re...

The mechanical impedance of the human ankle plays a central role in lower-extremity functions requiring physical interaction with the environment. Recent efforts in the design of lower-extremity assistive robots have focused on the sagittal plane; however, the human ankle functions in both sagittal and frontal planes. While prior work has addressed ankle mechanical impedance in single degrees o...

Human motion analysis and measurement technology have been widely used in the fields of medical treatment, sports science, rehabilitation. In clinical practice, has applied diagnosis individualized treatment planning various musculoskeletal diseases, it is also an important objective scientific method to evaluate therapeutic effect effectiveness equipment. This study aimed introduce common mode...

background: total system design (tsd) factors are design factors, which have impact on overall performance of the power plants in context of total human engineering or macroergonomic. the evaluation of the impact of tsd factors was the main goal of this study. the main objective was human factors engineering on human performance in a power plant. methods : the systems being studied are the cont...

gait rehabilitation using body weight support on a treadmill is a recommended rehabilitation technique for neurological injuries, such as spinal cord injury. in this paper, a new robotic orthosis is presented for treadmill training. in the presented design the criteria such as low inertia of robot components, backdrivability, high safety and degrees of freedom based on human walking are conside...

CHENG-HONG YANG, HSIU-CHEN HUANG, LI-YEH CHUANG AND CHENG-HUEI YANG Department of Electronic Engineering National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Chiayi Christian Hospital Chiayi, 539 Taiwan Department of Chemical Engineering I-Shou University Kaohsiung, 840 Taiwan Department of Electronic Communication Engineerin...