Developing Proportional Control from Electromyography for a Powered Orthotic

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• Developing Proportional Control from
  Electromyography for a Powered Orthotic
• Team Members Brian Allen, Mailan Aram, Melina
  Ciccarone, Matthew Webster
• Advisor Dr. Michael Madigan
• The goal of this project is to develop a powered
  ankle-foot orthotic which is adaptable to a large
  number of users without modification to the
  design for each user.

• Key Features
• Uses air-pressure driven bladders that contract
  upon inflation to amplify muscle power
• Uses a subjects EMG signal to control the amount
  of additional muscle power provided
• Deliverables
• Fully constructed powered foot-ankle orthotic
  device
• User friendly LabView control system
• Test results showing force-pressure relationships
  and time delay of muscle
• Preliminary test results showing how added muscle
  power effects an individuals ability to recover
  from a fall

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