--- a +++ b/Docs/Applications/Other/ExoConcept_BoxLift.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +gallery_title: "Exoskeleton concept model" +gallery_image: "/Applications/images/ExoConcept_BoxLift.webp" +--- + +(sphx_glr_auto_examples_Other_plot_ExoConcept_BoxLift.py)= +(example_exo_concept_boxlift)= +# Exoskeleton concept model + + +````{sidebar} **Example** +<img src="/Applications/images/ExoConcept_BoxLift.webp" width="70%" align="center"> +```` + + +Exoskeleton concept model. + + +:::{seealso} +**Main file location in AMMR:** + +{menuselection}`Application --> Examples --> ExoskeletonConcept --> ExoConcept_BoxLift.Main.any` +::: + +This example shows how to study different exoskeleton concepts on an activity. The model is +based on the [webcast](https://www.anybodytech.com/download/simulation-driven-conceptual-design-of-exoskeletons/) +presented by Prof. John Rasmussen from Aalborg University on March 28, 2022. + +The model points to the existing {ref}`BVH Box Lift model <example_bvh_boxlift>` in the AMMR and implements +the different steps described in the webcast. In this model, two different concepts can be studied: + +> - Rotational springs at the knees +> - Extensible rods crossing the knees, hips and lumbar spine. + +For each concept, you can apply idealized forces through AnyReacForce. The idealized +forces are like hypothetical actuators that will provide as much force as is needed by the system. This +can be useful to study requirement of assistive force and its relation with kinematic data such as joint +angles. Subsequently, the assistive force can be implemented through springs whose characteristics +have been determined by the idealized force required at the joints. + +Thus, there are four possibilities in this exoskeleton concept model: +: 1. Idealized force at knees. + 2. Spring force at knees. + 3. Idealized extensible rods crossing the knees, hips and lumbar spine. + 4. Spring force-based extensible rods crossing the knees, hips and lumbar spine.