Research Initiation: Real-Time Estimation of Joint Loading

这是一项针对新兴技术“动力驱动外骨骼”的基础工程研究项目。现在有必要进行工程研究，以确定控制的基本原则，这些原则对于生产将来可用于帮助严重残疾人的设备至关重要。当肢体的肌肉变得太弱而无法执行普通任务时，外骨骼可以用来帮助受损的肢体，并恢复正常使用的程度。该研究也适用于理解生物和机械肢体的运动和负载。

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.