Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Hyundai Rotem Company

Hyun Seop Lim

Dong Jin Hyun

Sang In Park

Ju Young Yoon

Ki Hyeon Bae

Kyu Jung Kim

Beom Su Kim

Kyung Mo Jung

Ho Jun Kim

Seok Young Youn

Hyeon Jeong An

Dong Hyun Lee

Joo Won Lee

Hyo Joong Kim

Seok Ryung Kwon

Hyo Seung Han

Soo Kyoung Kang

Han Wool Choi

Dae Je Kim

An upper arm module of a wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus is provided. The upper arm module includes a base part configured to be connected to a wearer's body, and an upper arm part having a first end thereof coupled to the base part to be rotatable about a fixed point. The upper arm part is coupled to the wearer's upper arm to apply a torque thereto. The upper arm module further includes an elastic body having a first end thereof fixedly coupled to the upper arm part and generating an elastic force by deformation. In particular, the upper arm module also includes a first link having a first end thereof rotatably coupled to the base part at a point of application, and a second link rotatably coupled to the second end of the first link at a first point.

Upper arm module of wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus and wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus including same

Robotic exoskeleton suit for lifting loads

A strength assist device includes: a base frame; a plurality of rotating bodies provided on left and right sides of the base frame, and rotatably connected to the base frame; a plurality of actuators rotatably connected to the respective rotating bodies, and forming respective restoring torques according to rotation angles with respect to the rotating bodies; and a cable connecting the rotating bodies. In particular, rotational motions of the rotating bodies with respect to the base frame are restricted against each other by a tension of the cable.

Strength assist device

A walking assisting apparatus includes a leg mounted device configured to be mounted on a leg of a user to assist walking of the user. A waist mounted device is provided on an upper side of the leg mounted device and configured to be mounted on a waist of the user. A support is located on a front side of the leg mounted device and configured to contact a ground surface. A control device is coupled to a front side of the waist mounted device, electrically connected to the leg mounted device, and configured to control the leg mounted device. A connector connects the control device and the leg mounted device to detachably house the support.

Walking assisting apparatus

A controller includes: a head part including a display unit providing information and images and a button unit having operation buttons; and a body part joined to the head part, where the display unit includes a projection portion engaged with the body part, the body part includes a recessed portion into which the projection portion is inserted, a first uneven portion is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the projection portion, a second uneven portion having a shape corresponding to that of the first uneven portion is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the recessed portion, and at least one of the first uneven portion or the second uneven portion includes a plurality of uneven portions.

Controller, crutch and wearable robot including the same

A strength assist device includes: a multi-link part including one or more links; a profile controller that is connected to one end portion of the multi-link part, and rotates around a central rotational axis; and an elastic force providing part that is connected to the other end portion of the multi-link part, and provides an elastic force to the multi-link part. When the profile controller rotates and one end portion of the multi-link part revolves around the central rotational axis, the elastic force applied to the multi-link part varies.

A gravity compensator applied to a wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a first link configured to extend parallel to a first body portion of a wearer, a second link configured to extend parallel to a second body portion and which is rotatably coupled to an end of the first link, an elastic body, which is fixed at an end thereof to the first link so as to exert an elastic force, which varies according to a length between the two ends thereof, and a connection unit, which is connected an end thereof to the other end of the elastic body and extends in a longitudinal direction of the first link and which is connected at an end thereof to the second link so as to vary a length of the elastic body by relative rotation between the first link and the second link.

Gravity compensator applied to wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus

Wearable walking-assistance robot controller

Wearable walking assistance robot controller

Wearable walking-assistance robot for medical use

A wearable walking assist robot is provided that ensures high walking assistance performance without a complex calculation process by detecting a gait phase based on pressure distribution on feet and performing a corresponding control mode that is set in advance. The wearable walking assist robot includes a sensor unit that senses pressure on the soles of the feet of a wearer and a controller that determines gait phases of both a first leg to be operated and a second leg based on the sensed pressure. Additionally, the controller selects one of a plurality of control modes set in advance based on the determined gait phases and operates a joint-driving unit for the first leg to be operated.

Wearable walking assist robot and method for controlling the same

A movable object includes an upper frame and a drive part that is provided under the upper frame and is connected to the upper frame. The drive part includes a first actuator that is connected to the upper frame and rotates on a vertical axis, a first link that is connected to the first actuator and rotatable on the vertical axis by the first actuator, a second actuator that is provided on a first side of the first link and rotates on a horizontal axis, and a second link that faces the first link and is rotatable on a first end portion thereof facing the first link by the second actuator.

Movable object

A wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a base configured to be positioned on a wearer and extending vertically, a link unit, which is configured to be positioned so as to be laterally spaced apart from the base and is configured to be connected to the wearer's upper arm, front arm or hand, a first connector, which is rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the base and extends laterally and which is rotatably coupled at a remaining end thereof to the link unit so as to connect the link unit to the base, and a second connector, which is rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the base, and extends laterally and which is rotatably coupled at a remaining end thereof to the link unit so as to connect the link unit to the base.

Wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus

A robot hand module includes a thumb module, a plurality of finger modules, and a palm part to which the thumb module and the finger modules are coupled. The thumb module and the finger modules each include a phalangeal part movably coupled to the palm part, a cable part having a first side connected to the phalangeal part, and a driving part connected to a second side of the cable part and configured to operate the phalangeal part by extending the cable part to the outside or retracting the cable part, wherein each of the driving parts includes an inlet region from which the cable part is extended to the outside, and wherein an acute angle is defined between a first direction in which the inlet region is directed toward the outside and a second direction in which the driving parts are disposed.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyun Seop Lim