A new adaptive super-twisting control for an exoskeleton robot with dynamic uncertainties

  • Brahmi Brahim
  • , Cristobal Ochoa-Luna
  • , Maarouf Saad
  • , Md Assad-Uz-Zaman
  • , Md Rasedul Islam
  • , Mohammad Habibur Rahman

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Abstract

Advanced robotic technology has become a significant component in many medical specialties, including in rehabilitation tasks such as physiotherapy. Rehabilitation programs are a practical approach created to assist patients, such as stroke victims, in retrieving their missing functional capacity, obtaining new skills, and enhancing their quality of life. Nevertheless, rehabilitation treatments need intensive and demanding effort by the therapist. Lately, robotic rehabilitation has attracted attention from the scientific community since robots are capable of supplementing the treatments provided by conventional physical therapy. The importance of the rehabilitation robots lies in their capability to provide intensive physiotherapy for a long period of time. The feedback data of the robot allow the physiotherapist to carefully evaluate the patient's performance. A critical aspect is that the design of this class of robots must be harmonious with human anatomy. In order to provide a modern rehabilitation approach for the upper limb, we have developed an exoskeleton robot that is compatible with the human arm configuration and is able to achieve different rehabilitation movements and assistive tasks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference, GLBC 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509063581
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event37th IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference, GLBC 2017 - Milwaukee, United States
Duration: 6 Apr 20177 Apr 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference, GLBC 2017 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference37th IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical Conference, GLBC 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMilwaukee
Period6/04/177/04/17

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Adaptive control
  • Dynamic uncertainties
  • Exoskeleton
  • Lyapunov theory
  • Rehabilitation
  • Sliding mode control
  • Super twisting control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering

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