RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Šimšik, Dušan A1 Galajdová, Alena A1 Galajda, Pavol A1 Drutarovský, Miloš T1 Mechanical Modul with Jack-Screw for SMILING Rehabilitation Shoe JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca YR 2010 VO 14 IS 2 SP 98 OP 105 UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-201002-0014.php AB 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.