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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Control System Design of an Underactuated Dynamic Body Weight Support System Using Its Stability.

Grzegorz Gembalczyk, Piotr Gierlak, Slawomir Duda

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Grzegorz GembalczykDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2777-1799
Piotr GierlakDepartment of Applied Mechanics and Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Rzeszow University of Technology, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4545-8253
Slawomir DudaDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Silesian University of Technology · PLRzeszów University of Technology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper discusses the stability of systems controlling patient body weight support systems which are used in gait re-education. These devices belong to the class of underactuated mechanical systems. This is due to the application of elastic shock-absorbing connections between the active part of the system and the passive part which impacts the patient. The model takes into account properties of the system, such as inertia, attenuation and susceptibility to the elements. Stability is an essential property of the system due to human-device interaction. In order to demonstrate stability, Lyapunov's theory of stability, which is based on the model of system dynamics, was applied. The stability of the control system based on a model that requires knowledge of the structure and parameters of the equations of motion was demonstrated. Due to inaccuracies in the modeling of the rope (one of the basic elements of the device), an adaptive control system was introduced and its stability was also proved. The authors conducted simulation and experimental tests that illustrate the functionality of the analyzed control systems.

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Exercise TherapyBody WeightComputer SimulationHumansMotionadaptive controlcontrol theorygait rehabilitation systemmodel-based controlstabilityunderactuated mechanical system

Identifiers

PMID34372285
PMCPMC8347501
OpenAlexW3184079560

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