PROSTHESIS-MOUNTED ACTION-ASSIST DEVICE AND WEARABLE ACTION-ASSIST DEVICE

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15318257

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Provided are a prosthesis-mounted action-assist device and a wearable action-assist device that enable step-over-step stair ascending and descending and achieve smooth switching between tasks in accordance with a motion of a wearer. The device includes an actuator applying power to the prosthetic leg, an absolute angle sensor detecting a hip angle relative to a vertical direction, an angle sensor detecting a knee angle, a floor reaction force sensor detecting a floor reaction force to a wearer, a data storage unit storing reference parameters of phases of tasks, and a control unit comparing the hip angle, the knee angle, and the floor reaction force with the reference parameters stored in the data storage unit to estimate a phase of a task of the wearer and generating an autonomous command signal for causing the actuator to produce power for the phase.

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UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA1-1-1 TENNODAI TSUKUBA-SHI IBARAKI 305-8577
CYBERDYNE INC2-2-1 GAKUEN-MINAMI TSUKUBA-SHI IBARAKI 305-0818

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SANKAI, Yoshiyuki Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, JP 63 1133

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