The LOPES can be used to assist patients (e.g. stroke, SCI) during walking or assess gait impairments. It has eight powered degrees of freedom (hip flexion/extension, hip abduction/aduction, knee flexion/extension, pelvis forward/backward and pelvis mediolateral). Other degrees of freedom are left free. The robot is attached with a minimal amount of clamps which results in a short donning and doffing time. It is admittance controlled and allows for control over the complete spectrum from low to high impedance. Kinematics and interaction forces are measured by the device and it can be easily combined with EMG measurements. It allows to test new controllers (e.g. for exoskeletons) or assessment algorithms in a safe environment.
Maximal Torque (varying per joint): | 60-66 Nm |
Control: | Admittance control |
Other free degrees of freedom: | 9 |
Powered degrees of freedom: | 8 |
Donning time: | 5-15 minutes |
Maximal rendered stiffness: | 1500 Nm/rad |
Corresponding infrastructure | University of Twente Department of Robotics |
Location | Hallenweg 15, 7522 NH Enschede, Holland |
Unit of access | Working day |
The design and control of LOPES is described in detail in the PhD thesis of Jos Meuleman http://josmeuleman.nl/thesis.html
Information on LOPES related project can be found at https://www.utwente.nl/en/et/be/research/projects/lopes
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