<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents a novel mechatronic device to support a gait reeducation process. The conceptual works were done by the interdisciplinary design team. This collaboration allowed to perform a device that would connect the current findings in the fields of biomechanics and mechatronics. In the first part of the article shown a construction of the device which is based on the structure of an overhead travelling crane. The rest of the article contains the issues related to machine control system. In the prototype, the control of drive system is conducted by means of two RT-DAC4/PCI real time cards connected with a signal conditioning interface. Authors present the developed control algorithms and optimization process of the controller settings values. The summary contains a comparison of some numerical simulation results and experimental data from the sensors mounted on the device. The measurement data were obtained during the gait of a healthy person.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a novel mechatronic device to support a gait reeducation process. The conceptual works were done by the interdisciplinary design team. This collaboration allowed to perform a device that would connect the current findings in the fields of biomechanics and mechatronics. In the first part of the article shown a construction of the device which is based on the structure of an overhead travelling crane. The rest of the article contains the issues related to machine control system. In the prototype, the control of drive system is conducted by means of two RT-DAC4/PCI real time cards connected with a signal conditioning interface. Authors present the developed control algorithms and optimization process of the controller settings values. The summary contains a comparison of some numerical simulation results and experimental data from the sensors mounted on the device. The measurement data were obtained during the gait of a healthy person.

Mechatronic Device for Locomotor Training

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice,

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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This paper presents a novel mechatronic device to support a gait reeducation process. The conceptual works were done by the interdisciplinary design team. This...

Mechatronic Device for Locomotor Training

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 310 - 315

Received: Aug 26, 2015

Accepted: Dec 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2016-0049

Keywords
Mechatronic Device, Gait Reeducation, Rehabilitation, Real-Time Systems, Control Systems

© 2016 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mechatronic Device for Locomotor Training

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 310 - 315

Received: Aug 26, 2015

Accepted: Dec 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2016-0049

KeywordsMechatronic Device, Gait Reeducation, Rehabilitation, Real-Time Systems, Control Systems

© 2016 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Mechatronic Device, Gait Reeducation, Rehabilitation, Real-Time Systems, Control Systems