Crawling Support Using Wearable SuperLimbs: Human-Robot Synchronization and Metabolic Cost Assessment
Phillip Daniel H. Harry Asada Phillip Daniel H. Harry Asada
A pair of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs (Super-Limbs) can brace the wearer’s upper body while they work at floor level, and support them during crawling. The SuperLimbs’ motion is synchronized with the operator to mimic natural human crawling. This synchronization relies on experimental data from the operator’s observed crawl. A method for predicting the phase difference between the SuperLimbs’ hand...