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2. Method of verification
2.1 Design of the telescopic assist suit to support the lower limb Fig[1]
On the top part of the telescopic system, hip pad cut to fit the shape of the hip was
designed to support the weight of the wearer. On both sides of the hip pad, a belt was
attached to the buckle of the belt so that it can be fixed on the wearer’s hip, On the
bottom part of the system, a metal plate that acts on the uniaxial direction is attached.
On the surface of the plate facing the ground, the rubber sheet was attached. On the
surface of the plate facing the ground, the rubber sheet was attached. This allows the
system to land directly even if there are changes in the incident angle.
At the beginning assistance with the gas powered spring was tested. However,
there was a delay in the actual movement of the spring in comparison to the extension
of the wearer’s knee. As such, the assist was not felt from the crouching posture to
standing posture. In order to adjust the speed of the spring, while the initial design was
kept intact, the oil and gas within the system was excluded from the system.
In order to examine the differences caused by the strength of the coil spring, it was
designed so that coil spring can be changed between 3 types.
Fig 1. Telescopic system
2.2 Effect of assist tool to the number of times of lifting Fig[2]
4 subjects were recruited to compare fatigue and the number of times of lifting
completed with and without the system. A person with a mental or physical disorder
was excluded from the selection, it may have influenced the final results. Weight to be
lifted was determined to be 16 kg. This was determined based on Weight was set in
consideration of the Labor Standards Act. 40 % of the worker’s weight. For woman
above 18, involved in continuous work that includes heavy lifting, the weight should be
below 20 kg. The weight of items that have to be lifted in typical aforementioned
workplaces is between 10-25 kg. According to instructed lifting motion, the subject
will attempt to complete many lifting as he/she can. The number of action completed
with and without the assist system will be compared. The subject will start from
standing posture. They will flex his/her knee and lift the item placed on the ground.
The subject will go back to the standing posture while keeping hold of the item. Once
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Intelligent Environments 2019
Workshop Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Environments
- Titel
- Intelligent Environments 2019
- Untertitel
- Workshop Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Environments
- Autoren
- Andrés Muñoz
- Sofia Ouhbi
- Wolfgang Minker
- Loubna Echabbi
- Miguel Navarro-CĂa
- Verlag
- IOS Press BV
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- deutsch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-1-61499-983-6
- Abmessungen
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Seiten
- 416
- Kategorie
- Tagungsbände