股関節外骨格の生体力学的トルク制御におけるアシスト遅延が関節力学とエネルギーに与える影響
Effects of Assistance Delay on Joint Mechanics and Energetics in Biological Torque Control of a Hip Exoskeleton
股関節外骨格の生体トルク制御において、アシスト遅延が平地・登坂・降坂歩行時の関節仕事と代謝に与える影響を調査した。遅延は関節仕事を変化させたが代謝率には影響せず、降坂では代謝が悪化した。
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著者: Jimin An, Ryan Lee, Jingshu Peng, Eni Halilaj, Inseung Kang
分類: cs.RO
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Biological torque control directly maps an estimated human joint moment to exoskeleton assistance, providing a task-agnostic strategy for supporting diverse locomotor activities. However, it remains unclear whether a fixed state-to-torque mapping provides effective assistance across biomechanically distinct tasks. We examined how assistance delay affected hip exoskeleton performance during level-ground (LG), ramp-ascent (RA), and ramp-descent (RD) walking. Eight participants completed a zero-torque baseline condition and five active assistance conditions with delays ranging from 40 to 320 ms. Across tasks and active delays, assistance reduced net metabolic rate by 5.24%, positive biological hip joint work by 5.86%, and total lower-limb positive joint work by 1.68% (all p < 0.05). Assistance delay affected both joint-work outcomes (both p < 0.001) but not net metabolic rate. Mechanical unloading generally decreased with increasing delay, whereas metabolic benefits remained comparatively stable. Relative to the zero-torque condition, net metabolic rate decreased by 9.75% during LG and 7.20% during RA but increased by 1.23% during RD. We did not detect task-dependent differences in the delay response. Our findings indicate that biological torque mappings should be evaluated based on the target outcome and mechanical role of the assisted joint, and that predominantly positive-power assistance may not generalize to negative-work-dominant locomotion without modification.