Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-14-429-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-14-429-2023
Research article
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11 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2023

Wearable ankle assistance robot for a human walking with different loads

Junqiang Li, Kuan Yang, and Dong Yang

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A wearable ankle assisted robot is developed to meet the demand for ankle assistance during human walking. The active energy storage mechanism in the robot can realize the storage and release of energy and realize the application of a low-power motor to provide large assisted force. The experimental results show that the net metabolic cost of the participants is reduced by averages of 5.30 %, 5.67 %, and 4.84 % with 0, 4, and 8 kg loads respectively.