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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, KR;
Hee Don Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Techno jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, KR;
Abstract
A tendon device for a suit type robot which includes: a first wire and a second wire respectively fixed on a front portion and a rear portion of a joint of a user, and moving in a lengthwise direction thereof according to flexion-extension of the joint; a tendon driver including a first tendon module including a first pulley, and a second tendon module including a second pulley; a first pulley encoder measuring a rotary angle of the first pulley; a second pulley encoder for measuring a rotary angle of the second pulley; a controller configured to calculate tensions of the first wire and the second wire based on the rotary angle of the first and second pulleys in order to generate a control signal; and a driver configured to provide the first tendon module and the second tendon module with a driving power.