TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-axis foot reaction force/torque sensor for biomedical applications
AU - Lind, Randall F.
AU - Love, Lonnie J.
AU - Rowe, John C.
AU - Pin, François G.
PY - 2009/12/11
Y1 - 2009/12/11
N2 - To support an Oak Ridge National Laboratory programs exoskeleton project, a unique multi-axis foot force/torque sensor was constructed and tested that has biomedical application such as clinical gait analysis. The challenging aspect of this multi-axis force sensor is that it had to conform to the bending of the human foot, withstand high impact loads, have high force sensitivity, feel comfortable to the human wearer, be integrated into a military style boot, measure the forces on the human foot when either the ball or the heel of the foot is in contact with the ground, respond to both positive and negative loading and have a low overall height and weight. This paper describes the design and testing of this unique sensor.
AB - To support an Oak Ridge National Laboratory programs exoskeleton project, a unique multi-axis foot force/torque sensor was constructed and tested that has biomedical application such as clinical gait analysis. The challenging aspect of this multi-axis force sensor is that it had to conform to the bending of the human foot, withstand high impact loads, have high force sensitivity, feel comfortable to the human wearer, be integrated into a military style boot, measure the forces on the human foot when either the ball or the heel of the foot is in contact with the ground, respond to both positive and negative loading and have a low overall height and weight. This paper describes the design and testing of this unique sensor.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76249120708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2009.5353917
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2009.5353917
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:76249120708
SN - 9781424438044
T3 - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
SP - 2575
EP - 2579
BT - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
Y2 - 11 October 2009 through 15 October 2009
ER -