... can rotate. The main non-backdrivable mechanism proposed in the scientific literature comes from an Italian team that proposes a design approach to adapt freewheels with rollers into a non-backdrivable mechanism, in the context of a prosthetic finger [ 5 ]. This paper is outlined as follows...

...Seth Donahue; Trevor Kingsbury; Kota Takahashi; Matthew J. Major Modeling the nonlinear dynamics of prosthetic feet is an important tool for linking prosthesis mechanical properties to end-user outcomes. There has been a renewed interest in data-driven modeling of dynamical systems...

... of China 10.13039/501100013290 2018YFC2001300 National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 52005209 91948302 91848204 52021003 Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province 10.13039/100007847 20210101053JC The function of a prosthetic leg can...

...Jean-Michel Boisclair; Thierry Laliberté; Clément Gosselin Based on an optimized underactuated finger using rolling contact joints, a novel prosthetic hand is proposed in this paper to increase the adaptability to objects of highly underactuated grippers. The hand has 17 degrees-of-freedom and only...

...Victor Prost; Heidi V. Peterson; Amos G. Winter V People with lower-limb amputation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack access to adequate prosthetic devices that would restore their mobility and increase their quality of life. This is largely due to the cost and durability of existing...

... reduced actuator requirements, allowing the evaluation of prostheses in instrumented walkways or integrated with instrumented treadmills. mobile parallel manipulator gait emulator active force control inverse kinematics forward kinematics bio-inspired design parallel platforms prosthetics...

...-inspired design grasping and fixturing mechanism design mechanism synthesis parallel platforms prosthetics Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation 10.13039/100000147 1751770 Jeonju University 10.13039/501100002502 2018 Research-Year Singapore University...

..., which is especially suitable for interactions between machines and humans. It describes the model, simulation, and control of a 3-degrees of freedom (DOF) mechanism representing a prosthetic finger using PAM actuators. Its main contribution is the combination and expansion of classic nonlinear models...

...V. N. Murthy Arelekatti; Nina T. Petelina; W. Brett Johnson; Matthew J. Major; Amos G. Winter V With over 30 million people worldwide requiring assistive devices, there is a great need for low-cost and high-performance prosthetic technologies that can enable kinematics close to able-bodied gait...

... at the Aalborg University has a relative large range of motion (RoM) free of singularity and high overall stiffness, which is suitable for assistive exoskeletons [ 5 ]. National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 51675018 51975002 cable-driven mechanisms prosthetics...

... human-like linear regression one-class support vector machine posture correction robotic arm seven degrees of freedom (7 DoFs) bio-inspired design prosthetics theoretical kinematics 13 12 2020 13 07 2021 15 07 2021 20 09 2021 Contributed by the Mechanisms...

... , H. M. , 2014 , “ Clutchable Series-Elastic Actuator: Implications for Prosthetic Knee Design ,” Int. J. Robot. Res. , 33 ( 13 ), pp. 1611 – 1625 . 10.1177/0278364914545673 [50] Vanderborght , B. , Van Ham , R. , Verrelst , B. , Van Damme , M. , and Lefeber , D...

...Ming Cheng; Shaowei Fan; Dapeng Yang; Li Jiang Elastic elements are commonly adopted to realize underactuation in the design of human-friendly prosthetic hands. The stiffness of these elastic elements, which is a key factor affecting the grasp performance of the underactuated finger, has not well...

... walking multi-body dynamics and exoskelotons prosthetics Walking with load carriage is a common requirement for individuals in occupational and military activities. Firefighters and other emergency workers use backpacks to carry equipment such as Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBA) [ 1...

...Huan Liu; Bin Zhao; Zenghui Liu; Kai Xu Restoring human grasp functions by prosthesis is a long-standing challenge in robotics research. Aiming at prosthetic applications, this paper presents a novel anthropomorphic multi-grasp hand design. The hand is driven by only one motor, and several...

.... Second, a manipulation strategy suitable for prosthetic applications is proposed. The strategy enables the hand to manipulate objects in-hand without any a priori information of their geometry or physical properties. Finally, experimental tests conducted to validate the theoretical results are presented...

... optimization and control of regenerative braking lower-limb prostheses through dynamic modeling and simulation [ 2 , 9 , 12 , 35 , 38 , 47 , 51 , 57 – 59 , 66 – 68 , 80 ]. Their multibody system models included powered biomimetic hip joints with two degrees-of-freedom and semipowered prosthetic knee joints...

... OBOTICS . Manuscript received August 23, 2017; final manuscript received April 18, 2018; published online May 31, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Jian S. Dai. 23 08 2017 18 04 2018 Mechanism design Prosthetics Cams are widely used as motion transmission components for achieving complex...

...V. N. Murthy Arelekatti; Amos G. Winter, V An estimated 230,000 above-knee amputees in India are currently in need of prosthetic devices, a majority of them facing severe socio-economic constraints. However, only a few passive prosthetic knee devices in the market have been designed...

...Victor Prost; Kathryn M. Olesnavage; W. Brett Johnson; Matthew J. Major; Amos G. Winter, V An experimental prosthetic foot intended for evaluating a novel design objective is presented. This objective, called the lower leg trajectory error (LLTE), enables the optimization of passive prosthetic feet...