Kazunobu Hashimoto

Assistive Force of a Belt-type Hip Assist Suit for Lifting the Swing Leg during Walking

This paper proposes a relatively simple function of assistive force for a belt-type hip assist suit developed by the authors' group. The function, which is inspired by the muscle force of the rectus femoris, contains only two parameters, the magnitude and a phase shift factor. Thus, it can reduce th…