Hip Exoskeleton
Team Members Heading link
- Mohamad Al-Rekebat
- Yusef Issa
- Maciej Machaj
- Kwok Keung Man
- Madeleine Yuh
Advisor: Dr. Myunghee Kim
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Project Description Heading link
The objective of this project is to design and fabricate a soft, wearable hip exoskeleton that improves mobility. This technology would help millions of people in the United States who suffer from impaired mobility due to stroke, injury, and disability. A hip exoskeleton could also improve strength and reduce fatigue for physical laborers such as soldiers, firefighters, and factory workers. We will use the Humotech Caplex Actuator Unit to power cables in the exoskeleton, and the control will be programmed in Matlab Simulink. The actuator unit consists of a servo motor, flexible Bowden cable, and control hardware. This setup will enable us to easily optimize control parameters. Additionally, having an off-board power source will allow us to produce prototypes and conduct tests much more quickly and cheaply than if we had to design a portable power supply for every design iteration.