Design of a knee joint based on four crossed bar chebyshev Type polycentric mechanism
Abstract
The present work presents the results of the design of a
knee joint for prostheses, exoskeletons and bipedal robots, made
from the geometric synthesis for planar mechanisms. Taking
advantage of the anatomical advantages provided by the mechanisms
of four bars to reproduce the movement of the knee
on the sagittal axis, in the gait cycle; a configuration of crossed
bars is presented, which mimics the performance of the crossed
ligaments of the knee. According to the results obtained, it was
possible to construct a minimum prototype of an active transfemoral
prosthesis to perform the complete cycle of gait, which
is adequate to the parameters of locomotion in adults.
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