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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Free Bionics Taiwan Inc., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Jeng Tsai, Taoyuan, TW;

Chia-En Huang, Changhua County, TW;

Ming-Chang Teng, Hsinchu, TW;

Ting-Yun Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2006.01); G05B 1/01 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/0262 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); G05B 1/01 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37012 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45108 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an exoskeleton robot. The method comprises checking that a first signal is triggered by a first button, checking a tilt angle after the first signal is triggered, setting an action based on the tilt angle, and executing the action to move the exoskeleton robot. The first signal indicates to change the exoskeleton robot from a standing posture to another posture, and the tilt angle is a leaning-forward angle of a waist assembly of the exoskeleton robot relative to a line vertical to ground. The method utilizes the tilt angle to judge the intent of the user, and thus can simplify the controlling buttons to one or two buttons. Further, the controlling method also monitors the tilt angle to choose a suitable action.


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