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Development of a Kinematic Measurement Method for Knee Exoskeleton Fit to a User

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Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, YaShian Li-Baboud, Karl Van Wyk, Mili Shah

Abstract

Exoskeletons are now being marketed by several manufacturers and yet there are currently no defined methods to measure the exoskeleton fit to the user. Proper exoskeleton fit to user impacts the safety of the human robot interaction. In this paper, we develop a method to compare the exoskeleton and user kinematics. The method is intended to be simple to implement, and relatively non-invasive to the user in order to allow the measurement methods to be evaluated in manufacturing facilities where the exoskeletons would be used.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 2107
Report Number
2107
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Exoskeleton, knee kinematics, artifact, optical tracking system, testbed, human subject
Robotics, Metrology, Manufacturing, Collaborative robots and Agility and adaptability

Citation

Bostelman, R. , Li-Baboud, Y. , Van, K. and Shah, M. (2020), Development of a Kinematic Measurement Method for Knee Exoskeleton Fit to a User, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2107 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created August 3, 2020, Updated August 4, 2020
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