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https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-405-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-405-2018
Research article
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20 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2018

Kinematic analysis and optimization of a planar parallel compliant mechanism for self-alignment knee exoskeleton

Yijun Niu, Zhibin Song, and Jiansheng Dai

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In rehabilitation, the widely existing misalignment between human limb and exoskeleton causes discomfort even danger. To alleviate the misalignment in lower extremity exoskeleton, this study proposes a compliant parallel mechanism, which has the potential to automatically change its configuration to make exoskeleton knee joint fit the human joint movements. And the self-alignment performance of the mechanism is validated via conducting a series of experiments under different working conditions.
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