Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2010, 14(2):98-105

Mechanical Modul with Jack-Screw for SMILING Rehabilitation Shoe

Dušan Šimšik1*, Alena Galajdová2, Pavol Galajda, Miloš Drutarovský
1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Automation and Measurement, Institute of Special Technical Science at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Kosice
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Automation and Measurement, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Kosice

The SMILING shoe developed within the international project SMILING is a complex mechatronical system that requires human-machine interactions. Optimization of its motor control unit during tuning and durability testing was provided on the mechanical unit based on jack-screw mechanism designed at the Technical University of Košice. We present the architecture of the main mechatronical unit that consists of a mechanical unit based on jack-screw mechanism driven by DC motor with embedded gearbox and the microcontroller based Motor Control Unit (MCU). Chaotic data are used for control of all 8 actuators that perform perturbations in the pair of rehabilitation shoes devoted to training of seniors' gait. The parameters of the chaotic signal were optimised using simulation model to approve efficient chaotic sets of data.

Keywords: Elderly, Gait Training, Rehabilitation, Mechatronics, Chaotic Perturbations

Published: October 31, 2010  Show citation

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Šimšik, D., Galajdová, A., Galajda, P., & Drutarovský, M. (2010). Mechanical Modul with Jack-Screw for SMILING Rehabilitation Shoe. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 14(2), 98-105
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