Plantar-pressure-guided support-plate position control for a walker-assisted lower-limb rehabilitation exoskeleton
Yuhui Yang, Wenyu Zhao, Yuanxiang Guo, Zhijue Huang, Xueshan Gao, Xin Han, Junlin Deng · 2026
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Description
Yuhui Yang and co-authors steer the support plate of a walking aid by watching pressure under the foot. Their 2026 paper serves walker-assisted exoskeleton training for weak legs. Foot contact must stay in a safe band: slam down too hard and joints and motors suffer; float too light and grip and balance fade.
Each shoe hides eighteen pressure cells whose signals fuse into one load reading, while regional patterns reveal the gait phase. A spring gives passive cushioning, and a screw-driven plate shifts the support point to chase a phase-matched pressure target. Three healthy men walked slowly under three setups: no spring, spring alone, and the full control. The authors report how the guided plate held contact steadier than the passive options.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yuhui Yang, Wenyu Zhao, Yuanxiang Guo, Zhijue Huang, Xueshan Gao, Xin Han, Junlin Deng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |