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Synthesis Of An Efficient Band Mechanism For Robots And Prosthetic Devices, Run Chen Zhou
Synthesis Of An Efficient Band Mechanism For Robots And Prosthetic Devices, Run Chen Zhou
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A noncircular pulley has been applied to improve the system efficiency of an electrical-powered elbow prosthesis. The dynamics of the motor and the prosthetic arm have been incorporated into the kinematic synthesis relationships for determining the pulley profile that maximizes the efficiency of the elbow prosthesis.
The nonlinear dynamic equations have been solved by the code Differential Equation (DE) while determining the motor power and efficiency which are the criteria in the nonlinear programming problem. The optimal design variables for determining the pulley profile along with some simulation results have been obtained from an optimization program (based on the Generalized …