Yoshiyuki Tanaka

Robotic Hand-Free-Stick for Walking Balance Assistance

This paper proposes a wearable robotic stick for walking assistance, called “Hand-Free-Stick” (HFS), for people with non-serious dysfunction in their gait. The basic idea of the proposed HFS is to enlarge ZMP (Zero moment point) area of a user under hands free conditions and to augment his/her body…