Design And Analysis Of Passive Hip Exoskeleton

Hee, Kar Cheng (2018) Design And Analysis Of Passive Hip Exoskeleton. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The external skeletons,exoskeletons,are not a new study area in this high-technology world.Exoskeleton are first invented for the reason of augmenting human strength but then the rehabilitation purposed exoskeletons are also widely developed.In this thesis,a passive hip exoskeleton is designed and analyzed by a series of biomechanics simulations.The design objectives were to reduce the risk of developing work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) among the industry workers who need to perform manual handling tasks in their daily routine work.This thesis presented a brand new design of three degree of freedoms (DOFs) passive hip exoskeleton. The passive hip exoskeleton introduced in this thesis is quite different with the ordinary exoskeletons since the typical exoskeleton will usually designed for the entire leg or entire body,but the exoskeleton presented in this thesis will only focus on the hip.The reason for design a passive exoskeleton instead of the active one is because the passive exoskeletons have relative lightweight,easy to wear and low cost compare with the active one.This thesis focused on the design and analysis of the passive hip exoskeleton and verifies if the design has a reliable and stability structure.Hence,a series of analysis will undergo to support it.The design of the passive hip exoskeleton drew by using Solidwork software and performance of the exoskeleton model has been checked by the finite element analysis in Solidthinking software according to the applied forced and moment.Lastly,the future recommendation or optimization suggestion is provided for a better design.After undergoing all the analysis needed, the passive hip exoskeleton designed in this thesis is achieved the objectives.

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