Wearable Mechatronic Garments for Motion Assistance

用于运动辅助的可穿戴机电服装

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-05648
• 负责人: Trejos, AnaLuisa
• 金额: $ 2.84万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=752294
• 关键词: Wearable; Mechatronic; Garments; Motion; Assistance

Wearable mechatronic devices are being designed for restoring human ability, enhancing human performance, and as interfaces to intelligent systems. In order to achieve their full potential, research is required to improve their wearability by making them lighter and more responsive to human needs. For this purpose, the proposed research program focuses on solving the engineering challenges associated with the development of wearable mechatronic garments for upper body motion assistance. To address the limitations of the current technology, the short-term objectives of the proposed research are as follows: 1. To design novel actuators. To reduce device weight and bulk, reduce power requirements, and match human motion characteristics, novel actuation technologies, including twisted coiled actuators and piezoelectric actuators will be designed and optimized. 2. To develop advanced data processing techniques. Fusion techniques that combine various modes of sensing and new muscle and brain activity sensing modalities will be implemented. Data processing techniques will be developed to allow sensed data to be used as input to advanced control systems. 3. To design intelligent controllers. Algorithms will be developed that use biosignals as inputs in order to provide supplementary information to the device controller, such as the type of motion, the speed, and the force produced by the muscles. The control system intelligence will be advanced through the use of these extra inputs that will allow it to select the most efficient control scheme for a given condition. 4. To create distributed mechatronic systems. Research into the development of distributed network systems, composed of various mechatronic hubs within a garment, will be performed to maximize device control, reduce weight and intrusiveness, and allow for the customization of modular components. The outcomes of the proposed research over the next 5 years will lead to significant contributions to the field of mechatronic devices that work in close proximity to humans, enabling an expansion of the research field through the development of better actuation systems, sensors, and control systems that automatically respond to humans safely. In the long-term, the proposed research will result in smart mechatronic garments that are capable of constantly monitoring the body and automatically providing motion support, adapted to each user according to body size and shape, strength, the presence of injury, and the desired action. To succeed with the proposed work, equity, diversity and inclusion criteria will be considered when hiring research personnel, when recruiting participants, when analyzing the data, and in the development and translation of the technology. A collaborative approach will be taken to consider the needs of the users and other key stakeholders, including industry partners.

可穿戴的机甲设备旨在恢复人类能力，增强人类性能以及作为智能系统的界面。为了发挥其全部潜力，需要进行研究来提高其可穿戴能力，从而使它们对人类需求更轻，更敏感。为此，拟议的研究计划着重于解决与可穿戴机械服装的开发以进行上身运动援助相关的工程挑战。为了解决当前技术的局限性，拟议的研究的短期目标如下：1。设计新颖的执行器。为了减少设备的重量和体积，减少功率需求并匹配人体运动特征，将设计和优化包括扭曲的盘绕执行器和压电执行器，包括扭曲的盘绕执行器和压电。 2。开发高级数据处理技术。将实施结合各种传感模式和新肌肉和大脑活动感测模式的融合技术。将开发数据处理技术，以允许感知的数据用作高级控制系统的输入。 3。设计智能控制器。将开发使用生物信号作为输入的算法，以向设备控制器提供补充信息，例如运动的类型，速度和肌肉产生的力。控制系统智能将通过使用这些额外的输入来提出，从而使其能够为给定条件选择最有效的控制方案。 4。创建分布式机电系统。将对服装中各种机电枢纽组成的分布式网络系统的开发进行研究，以最大程度地利用设备控制，降低重量和侵入性，并允许自定义模块化组件。 在未来5年中，拟议研究的结果将为与人类密切相近的机电设备领域做出重大贡献，从而通过开发更好的致动系统，传感器和控制系统来扩大研究领域，从而自动对人类自动响应。从长远来看，拟议的研究将导致智能的机甲服装能够不断监测身体并自动提供运动支持，并根据身体大小和形状，力量，损伤的存在以及所需的动作适应每个用户。在雇用研究人员，招募参与者，分析数据以及技术的开发和翻译时，将考虑拟议的工作，公平，多样性和包容性标准。将采用协作方法来考虑用户和其他主要利益相关者（包括行业合作伙伴）的需求。