Huang Qitao, Li Bowen, Xu Hongguang
Department of Fluid Control and Automation Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Biomimetics (Basel). 2022 Dec 12;7(4):234. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics7040234.
Several studies have shown that actuation concepts such as Serial elastic actuator (SEA) can reduce peak power and energy consumption in ankle prostheses. Proper selection and design of the actuation concepts is important to unlock the power source potential. In this work, the optimization design, mechanical design, control scheme, and bench experiments of a new powered ankle-foot prosthesis is proposed. The actuation concept of this prosthesis is parallel elastic actuator (PEA) composed of electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHA) as the power kernel and a unidirectional parallel spring as the auxiliary energy storage element. After the appropriate motor and transmission ratio was selected, a dynamic model of the PEA prosthesis was built to obtain the appropriate spring parameters driven by biological data. The design of the hydraulic and mechanical system and the controller were provided for the implementation of the designed system. Bench experiments were performed to verify the performance. The results showed that the designed prosthesis meets the biomechanical dynamics requirements. This result emphasizes the feasibility of the EHA as a power source and actuator and provides new ideas for the design of ankle-foot prostheses.
多项研究表明,诸如串联弹性驱动器(SEA)之类的驱动概念可以降低脚踝假肢的峰值功率和能耗。正确选择和设计驱动概念对于释放电源潜力至关重要。在这项工作中,提出了一种新型动力脚踝足假肢的优化设计、机械设计、控制方案和台架实验。该假肢的驱动概念是平行弹性驱动器(PEA),由作为动力核心的电动静液驱动器(EHA)和作为辅助储能元件的单向平行弹簧组成。在选择了合适的电机和传动比之后,建立了PEA假肢的动力学模型,以根据生物数据获得合适的弹簧参数。为实现所设计的系统,提供了液压和机械系统以及控制器的设计。进行了台架实验以验证性能。结果表明,所设计的假肢满足生物力学动力学要求。这一结果强调了EHA作为电源和驱动器的可行性,并为脚踝足假肢的设计提供了新思路。