Abstract
Abstract This paper demonstrates the mechanical design, analysis, and evaluation of a knee-ankle orthosis (KAO) for lower limb rehabilitation, including shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators and DC brushless motor actuators. First, the mechanical structure of the KAO is detailed, including the actuator system, transmission mechanism, monitoring device, and processing method of SMA actuators. Next, the dynamic model of SMA spring actuators in the phase transition process is established based on the thermal constitutive model of SMA. In addition, the dynamic output response of the knee joint under three working states is analyzed, and the rotation angle of SMA soft actuator during bending is described by pseudo rigid body model. Finally, the output of SMA actuator is preliminarily evaluated through experiments. The experimental results show that the maximum displacement of SMA spring actuator is 54.36 mm, the maximum restoring force during phase transformation is 4.14 N, and the maximum rotation angle of SMA soft actuator is 43.18 deg. The experimental results are consistent with the theoretical model.
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