Research Initiation: Real-Time Estimation of Joint Loading

这是一个基础工程研究项目，针对新兴技术的“电力驱动外骨骼”。现在有必要进行工程研究，以确定生产未来可用于帮助严重残疾人的设备所必需的基本控制原则。当肢体的肌肉变得太弱而不能执行普通任务时，可以使用外骨骼来帮助辅助受损的肢体并恢复正常使用的措施。这项研究也适用于了解生物和机器人肢体的运动和负载。

This is a fundamental engineering research project directed towards the emerging technology of "power driven exo-skeletons". Engineering research is necessary now to determine the fundamental principles of control essential to produce devices which can be used to assist severely disabled persons in the future. When the muscles of a limb have become too weak to perform ordinary tasks, an exo-skeleton can be used to help assist the damaged limb and regain a measure of normal use. This research is also applicable to understanding the motion and loading of biological and robotic limbs.