Recent Advances on Lower Limb Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robot

Title:Recent Advances on Lower Limb Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robot

Volume: 11 Issue: 3

Author(s): Jin-Gang Jiang*, Xue-Feng Ma, Biao Huo, Yong-De Zhang and Xiao-Yang Yu

Affiliation:

• Robotics & its Engineering Research Center, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080,China

Keywords: Bionic principle, exoskeleton, gait analysis, lower limb, motor drive, motor indirect drive, pneumatic drive, rehabilitation robot.

Abstract: Background: Lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot is a bionic robot, which is the product of the combination of medical technology and robot technology, simulating human walking movement. It can be mainly used for rehabilitation training of patients with lower limb dysfunction.

Objective: To provide an overview of recent lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot and introduce their respective characteristics and development.

Method: A recent lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot is divided into passive drive, pneumatic drive, hydraulic drive and motor drive. This paper reviews various representative patents related to lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot. The structural characteristics and applications of the typical lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robots are introduced.

Results: The differences between different types of lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robots are compared and analyzed, and the structural characteristics are concluded. The main problems in its development are analyzed, the development trend is foreseen, and the current and future research of the patents on lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot is discussed.

Conclusion: There are a lot of patents and articles about the exoskeleton rehabilitation robots, however, if these problems can be solved, such as small size, light weight and high power output are solved at the same time, the consistency with human body will be advanced, with the combination of traditional rehabilitation medicine. It will be possible to maximize the rehabilitation of the lower limbs.

Cite this article as:

Jiang Jin-Gang *, Ma Xue-Feng , Huo Biao , Zhang Yong-De and Yu Xiao-Yang , Recent Advances on Lower Limb Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robot, Recent Patents on Engineering 2017; 11 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1872212111666170614111623