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Nikhil Divekar

2 accepted papers

2022

Enhancing Voluntary Motion With Modular, Backdrivable, Powered Hip and Knee Orthoses

RA-L 2022

Mobility disabilities are prominent in society with wide-ranging deficits, motivating modular, partial-assist, lower-limb exoskeletons for this heterogeneous population. This paper introduces the Modular Backdrivable Lower-limb Unloading Exoskeleton (M-BLUE), which implements high torque, low mechan

Cited by 53SourceScholar
2018

A Phase Variable Approach to Volitional Control of Powered Knee-Ankle Prostheses

IROS 2018poster

Although there has been recent progress in control of multi-joint prosthetic legs for periodic tasks such as walking, volitional control of these systems for non-periodic maneuvers is still an open problem. In this paper, we develop a new controller that is capable of both periodic walking and commo…

Cited by 28SourceScholar