Title
Kinematic of the position and orientation synchronization of the posture of a n dof upper-limb exoskeleton with a virtual object in an immersive virtual reality environment
Date Issued
01 May 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Exoskeletons are an external structural mechanism with joints and links that work in tandem with the user, which increases, reinforces, or restores human performance. Virtual Reality can be used to produce environments, in which the intensity of practice and feedback on performance can be manipulated to provide tailored motor training. Will it be possible to combine both technologies and have them synchronized to reach better performance? This paper consists of the kinematics analysis for the position and orientation synchronization between an n DoF upper-limb exoskeleton pose and a projected object in an immersive virtual reality environment using a VR headset. To achieve this goal, the exoskeletal mechanism is analyzed using Euler angles and the Pieper technique to obtain the equations that lead to its orientation, forward, and inverse kinematic models. This paper extends the author’s previous work by using an early stage upper-limb exoskeleton prototype for the synchronization process.
Volume
10
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería médica
Biotecnología relacionada con la salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104956451
Source
Electronics (Switzerland)
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This work was supported by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Tecnologico de Monterrey and the National Robotics Laboratory at Tecnologico de Monterrey.
Sources of information:
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