gallery_title: "Trunk exoskeleton model"
gallery_image: "/Applications/images/ExoConceptTrunk_BoxLift.webp"

(sphx_glr_auto_examples_Other_plot_ExoConceptTrunk_BoxLift.py)=
(example_exo_concept_trunk)=

Trunk exoskeleton concept model

{sidebar} **Example** <img src="/Applications/images/ExoConceptTrunk_BoxLift.webp" width="70%" align="center">

Trunk exoskeleton concept model.

This simple example shows how the effects of an exoskeleton can be investigated by applying assistive torque
directly at the human joints.

:::{seealso}
Main file location in AMMR:

{menuselection}Application --> Examples --> ExoskeletonTrunk --> ExoConceptTrunk_BoxLift.main.any
:::

The model points to the existing {ref}BVH Box Lift model <example_bvh_boxlift> in the AMMR and implements
the trunk exoskeleton concept. In this example, a spring force is applied at the pelvis-thorax extension measure of the body model.