ROOct 26, 2020
Exoway: an exoskeleton on actuated wheels
arXiv:2010.13393v11 citations
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This work presents an incremental improvement in exoskeleton technology for mobility applications.
The authors tackled the problem of creating a low-cost exoskeleton with actuated wheels for locomotion, resulting in a design that minimizes motor usage and includes an active control system for stabilization and driver maneuverability.
In this short work we present a low cost exoskeleton with actuated wheels that allows movements as well as skating-like steps. The simple structure and the actuated wheels allows to minimize the use of motors for locomotion. The structure is stabilized by an active control system that balances the structure and permit to be maneuvered by the driver whose commands are acquired by a dedicated hardware interface.