WO2008031023A2 - Exosquelette haptique - Google Patents

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WO2008031023A2
WO2008031023A2 PCT/US2007/077870 US2007077870W WO2008031023A2 WO 2008031023 A2 WO2008031023 A2 WO 2008031023A2 US 2007077870 W US2007077870 W US 2007077870W WO 2008031023 A2 WO2008031023 A2 WO 2008031023A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G06F3/016—Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H1/00—Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus ; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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    • B25J9/0006—Exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • the invention concerns generally the field of human-machine interaction and more particularly the use of haptic feedback in such interactions.
  • Haptic feedback consists of providing tactile-feedback (often force- feedback) to a human user. By adding haptics to a human-machine interaction, the user is provided with additional tactile information. This is of relevance in virtual reality and teleoperation or telepresence applications, where haptic feedback allows the user to "feel" the virtual/remote objects they are interacting with.
  • One of the most well-known haptic devices is the Phantom ⁇ , sold by S ens Able Technologies, Inc. which allows a user to feel haptic forces at their fingertip via a thimble attached to an actuated linkage.
  • Other devices such as the CyberGraspTM, sold by Mindflux, and HandMaster, sold by EXOS, Inc. are worn on the hand and provide haptic feedback to some or all of the user's fingers.
  • haptic devices have the capability of providing immersive haptic feedback.
  • whole-a ⁇ n haptic devices usually take the form of exoskeletons that are worn on the user's ami.
  • Exoskeleton devices can be divided into two types: un-powered and powered. Un-powered exoskeletons function as sensor arrays, measuring the user's motion. These devices are sometimes used for master-slave applications.
  • Powered exoskeleton devices tend to fall into two main categories, based on whether they are designed to provide force-feedback to the user (haptic exoskeletons) or provide powered assistance to the user, increasing his or her effective strength.
  • haptic exoskeletons There are a number of existing exoskeletons that fall into the power-assist category.
  • One of the better known exoskeletons in this category is the Berkeley Lower-Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), which provides powered assistance to a wearer's legs via an exoskeleton, allowing the user to walk and run while carrying loads up to 45 kg strapped to a backpack-like frame.
  • Another well-known exoskeleton is the University of Washington Full-Ann Exoskeleton which has been called a "human amplifier” and functions as an assistance device for people with neurological disabilities.
  • Haptic exoskeletons in contrast, are not designed to amplify the forces exerted by the user, but rather to guide the user and provide tactile sensation of virtual objects. These exoskeletons are used in applications such as virtual reality, teleoperation/telepresence, and physical therapy/rehabilitation. Some desirable characteristics of an effective haptic exoskeleton (or any other haptic device) include low inertia, low friction, high bandwidth, high stiffness, high back- drivability and zero backlash. A realizable stiffness aids in creating hard realistic virtual objects/surfaces.
  • Exoskeletons are well suited for telepresence applications (including remote surgery, undersea salvage, and operation of space manipulators) because their intuitive operation requires little training to become proficient.
  • Exoskeleton master-slave teleoperation systems also utilize the redundancy of human ami to allow obstacle avoidance in unstructured environments. Some of these exoskeletons include the motion of only the shoulder and elbow, while others include wrist motion as well as hand/finger motion. Summary
  • a dynamic coupling adapted for use in an exoskeleton includes a plurality of steerable transmissions connected to a first exoskeleton member and a plurality of linkages connected between a corresponding one of the steerable transmissions and a second member.
  • the steerable transmissions thereby control movement of the joint through the linkages.
  • Figure 1 is a front view of an exoskeleton constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of relative positioning of spherical links of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a partial view of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figures 4a and 4b are views of a tetrahedral continuously variable transmission component of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 5 is a functional flowchart of the tetrahedral continuously variable transmission of Figure 2.
  • Figure 6 is a rear isometric view of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic representation of a fluid coupling configuration employed in one embodiment of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 8 is a schematic representation of an alternative coupling configuration employed in a further embodiment of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 9 is an front perspective view of a continuously variable transmission to elbow coupling mechanism of the exoskeleton of Figure 1
  • Figure 10 is an isometric view of a continuously variable transmission to elbow coupling mechanism of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of a pulley assembly of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 12 is a front view of the pulley assembly of Figure 11.
  • Figure 13 is a front perspective view of a continuously variable transmission to elbow coupling mechanism of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 14 is an enlarged view of a flexible joint of the coupling mechanism of Figure 13.
  • Figure 15 is an enlarged view of a flexible joint of the coupling mechanism of Figure 13.
  • Figure 16 is an enlarged view of a flexible joint of the coupling mechanism of Figure 13.
  • Figure 17 is a functional block diagram of a dynamic coupling that can be used as part of the exoskeleton of Figure 1.
  • Figure 18 is a flowchart outlining one procedure for operating the coupling of Figure 17. Detailed Description
  • the exoskeleton described herein utilizes a new approach to provide haptic feedback to the user.
  • haptic surfaces can be produced with high stiffness.
  • Cobots short for "collaborative robots,” were first introduced by Colgate and Peshkin.
  • the cobot concept is based on shared control between the human operator and the cobot, where the cobot provides constraints that "guide” the motion of the user. This is best illustrated by considering a very simple cobot, termed the "unicycle cobot,” consisting of a vertical steered wheel, un- powered about its rolling axis, rolling without slipping on a flat horizontal surface.
  • the wheel can be moved about the surface by the user (the user provides all motion), but the direction that the user is allowed to move in is controlled by the steering angle of the wheel (like a unicycle).
  • the cobot can operate in "free mode," where a force sensor atop the unicycle cobot interprets the direction the user is pushing and steers the wheel in that direction to allow motion, hi this mode the user feels no constraints from the cobot, as the wheel is always steered in the direction the user is pushing (much like the behavior of a caster).
  • the computer controlling the cobot can also be programmed with virtual surfaces, lower-dimensional surfaces representing some desired virtual object. If the cobot is pushed into a virtual surface, the cobot switches into "virtual surface mode" and steers the wheel parallel to the virtual surface.
  • the no-slip condition of the wheel prevents the cobot from passing through the virtual surface and instead only allows the cobot to move along the surface. In this way haptic forces can be exerted on the user (by reaction forces enforcing the no-slip condition) without an actuator acting on the user. If the user then pushes the cobot away from the surface the cobot resumes free mode and allows the user to move away from the surface.
  • This concept can be generalized for more complicated cobots.
  • the underlying teclinology is the use of non-holonomic constraints to guide the motion of the user.
  • the unicycle wheel acts as a continuously variable transmission (CVT), coupling the translation of the wheel in the two horizontal directions such that instantaneously the cobot has one degree of freedom, controlled by the steering angle of the wheel.
  • CVTs continuously variable transmission
  • a cobot uses CVTs to couple the degrees of freedom of the system such that there is only one instantaneous degree of freedom. Control of the cobot and the resulting virtual surfaces felt by the user is accomplished by controlling the gear ratios/steering angles of the CVTs. Because no actuators act on the user, cobots are passive and relatively stable.
  • cobots can also produce virtual surfaces with high stiffness.
  • the 6-degrees of freedom (DoF) cobotic hand controller a cobot based on a parallel platform creates surfaces with stiffnesses of 20-400 lcN/m (depending on the configuration of the robot and the location of the end-effector).
  • existing haptic devices like the Phantom 1.5, the Virtuose 6D35-45, and the L-EXOS exoskeleton exhibit stiffness of 3.5 kN/m, 2 kN/m, and 2 kN/m respectively. Operational Modes
  • the exoskeleton (“REACH" exoskeleton) described herein is designed to control the user's motion in two distinct modes; virtual surface mode and virtual path or trajectory mode.
  • Virtual surface mode utilizes the unique ability of the Cobot structure to provide very high stiffness virtual surfaces to the user without doing work on the user.
  • the Cobot structure of the REACH exoskeleton will allow for surfaces to be pre-programmed or provided based on a real time physical environment. This ability allows the REACH exoskeleton a very adept haptic device for both virtual reality and tele-operation applications.
  • REACH exoskeleton is of particular interest is in its ability to operate in virtual path or trajectory mode for uses in physical therapy.
  • physical therapy when a patient suffers from a neurological disorder or has lost the ability to control their extremities they must undergo long and sometimes painful rehabilitation.
  • One of the key techniques in this rehabilitation is re-teaching neural pathways through assisted repetitive motions to re-introduce the user's own natural muscle memory.
  • An example of muscle memory is learning how to swing a golf club or a baseball bat. By repeating a perfect form the user is able to control their body almost unconsciously.
  • muscle memory rehabilitation is conducted by having a Physical Therapist hold and guide the patient through various motions. These motions are repeated excessively until the user has gained the necessary control and strength.
  • One of the major challenges of this practice is repeatability.
  • the strength of any robotic system to its human counterpart is repeatability.
  • the REACH exoskeleton's Cobot structure will have the ability to reduce the four DoFs and into a single guided instantaneous DoF which the user must follow. All that is required by the physical therapist is to place the user in the exoskeleton and move the exoskeleton along the desired trajectory once.
  • the control system will record the necessary joint angles and will not allow the user to move outside the programmed motion, thus producing the desired highly- repeatable motion.
  • Another application would be for healthy people to wear the exoskeleton and rapidly learn a desired motion such as the previous examples of a golf or baseball bat swing by utilizing pre-programmed trajectories built into the control structure.
  • FIG. 1 A schematic of a haptic exoskeleton 10 is shown in Figure 1 (here the exoskeleton is worn on the user's right arm).
  • the exoskeleton described herein consists of four subsystems: wearable braces 30, 40, 70; shoulder and elbow joint mechanisms 20, 50; CVT coupling mechanism 60 with CVTs 62, 64, 66, 68, and the control system (not shown in Figure 1).
  • the wearable braces are the simplest of the subsystems. This includes a vest 70 worn on the torso, an upper ami brace 30 worn on the bicep, and a forearm brace 40. The user must strap each of these braces on in order to use the exoskeleton. AU other mechanical elements of the exoskeleton are mounted to these braces. In addition, each brace will have adjustable pads and straps to allow the exoskeleton to fit most users (5th to 95th percentiles of the population), by allowing the user's shoulder joint and elbow joint to be aligned with the corresponding joint axes of the exoskeleton 10. Shoulder and Elbow Joint Mechanisms
  • the shoulder and elbow joint mechanisms 20, 50 define the motion and workspace of the exoskeleton. Each of the joint mechanisms is designed to replicate the range of motion of the user.
  • the shoulder joint mechanism 50 is a 3RRR spherical parallel mechanism. That is, the upper ami brace is connected to the vest by three sets of spherical linkage chains 22, 24,26, each of which has three revolute joints. All nine of the revolute joints are aligned such that their axes of rotation intersect at a single point which coincides with the center of rotation of the user's shoulder.
  • the front chain 22 and rear chain 26 are arranged on a different spherical shell than the middle chain 24 so that the three chains may pass each other without interference.
  • This design is different from other exoskeleton designs, which use a serial structure to produce spherical motion about the user's shoulder.
  • the use of a parallel mechanism rather than a serial mechanism to create spherical motion of the upper arm brace improves the stiffness of the shoulder mechanism and simplifies the CVT coupling mechanism.
  • the shoulder joint mechanism's geometry is selected such that the mechanism can replicate the range of motion of a user's shoulder while avoiding collisions between the links and avoiding singularities of the mechanism.
  • the kinematic parameters of the mechanism are selected such that the normal range of motion of the human shoulder is contained within the mechanism workspace.
  • the workspace is free of singularities and collisions.
  • the spherical mechanisms are designed with linkages and all axes of the revolute joints to align to the center of rotation (CoR), in this case, the shoulder. Because of this property the linkages move about as if following a spherical path within a spherical surface or shell.
  • CoR center of rotation
  • the linkages move about as if following a spherical path within a spherical surface or shell.
  • the linkage chains can inhabit different spherical shells.
  • An example of this is shown in Figure 3, where chains 22 and 26 both inhabit the same spherical shell.
  • the intermediate chain 24 is raised above chains 22 and 26 to avoid collision. Also chain 24 is pointed forward to allow space for the CVT coupling along chain 26.
  • the CVT coupling mechanism 60 is designed to correctly function as a cobot, therefore the four degrees of freedom (DOF) of the exoskeleton (one at the elbow, three at the shoulder) are coupled to each other through CVTs 62, 64, 66, 68 (also shown in Figure 6) such that the exoskeleton has only one DOF. Essentially, the exoskeleton will use a CVT at each degree of freedom.
  • DOF degrees of freedom
  • the CVTs 62, 64, 66, 68 are as compact as possible in order to be mounted to the vest without interfering with the user's range of motion.
  • the CVT is a spherical-CVT (S-CVT) that includes a sphere enclosed by four rollers arranged in a tetrahedral pattern as shown in Figure 4a.
  • S-CVT spherical-CVT
  • one set of rollers are the drive rollers 102, including an input roller, connected to one of the exoskeleton joints, and an output roller, which is coupled to the other CVTs.
  • the other set of rollers are the steering rollers 101, which are steered by a steering motor to control the transmission ratio between the input and output rollers.
  • the transmission ratio ( ⁇ Out / ⁇ , n ) can take on any value from - ⁇ to +00.
  • Rotation rates ⁇ j, ⁇ >, and ⁇ 3 are the angular rates of the three revolute joints within the shoulder joint mechanism that are attached to the vest, while ⁇ 4 is the angular rate of the elbow joint.
  • This configuration is termed a parallel configuration, as all four of these rotations are coupled through CVTs to an internal motion ⁇ o.
  • the steering angles # 1 through ⁇ 4 determine the transmission ratios of the CVTs and are controlled by four steering motors.
  • Ji and J 2 are Jacobian matrices.
  • Ji transforms the four joint velocities into ⁇ x , ⁇ y , ⁇ z , and ⁇ e , the rotational velocities of the exoskeleton, where ⁇ x , ⁇ y , and ⁇ z are the rotation rates of the upper arm brace in the global x-y-z coordinate frame (attached to the vest) and ⁇ e is the rotation rate of the elbow (identical to ⁇ 4 ).
  • J 2 transforms the rotational velocities of the exoskeleton to the "functional" velocities of the exoskeleton, V x , v y , v z , and ⁇ e , where v x , v y , and v z are the linear velocities of the user's hand in the global x-y-z coordinate frame and ⁇ c is the angular rate of elbow elevation
  • the elbow joint mechanism is relatively simple, consisting of a revolute joint 70 aligned with the elbow's axis of rotation.
  • the revolute joint 70 (shown in Figure 6), located at the back of the user's ami, is connected to the CVT coupling mechanism 60 (located on the vest), in particular to CVT 68 through an elbow CVT coupling linkage 72.
  • the four CVTs on the vest are coupled to one another to ensure that at any one time the entire system has only one degree of freedom.
  • the coupling of the CVTs to one another is shown schematically as 60 while the coupling of the elbow CVT to the revolute joint 70 is shown as 72.
  • the coupling can be accomplished in several ways, such as, for example, fluid or cables.
  • fluid couplings offer two very different solutions; a twin piston and a twin pump/turbine.
  • a twin piston With both systems high pressure fluid is pushed through fluid lines which can either be placed along the user's ami or a linkage chain. High pressure lines are required to keep thermal expansion and compression to a minimum. High pressure lines will most likely be placed on the linkage chain to improve the user's safety.
  • the twin piston method would have an input piston 135 placed on the upper ami and an output pump to be placed on the vest.
  • input rotation from a shaft 134 is converted to linear motion by a rotational to linear motion mechanism like a slider- crank mechanism (shown in Figure 7) or a rack and pinion connection.
  • the linear force will push or pull the fluid in the input piston 135 causing a pressure difference and a displacement in an output piston 136 because both will be connected using a fluid line.
  • the alternative coupling method is the twin pump/turbine method shown in Figure 8.
  • an input pump 139 will be placed on the platfomi of the upper arm and an output pump 140 will be placed on the vest and coupled to the CVT.
  • this system differs is that the input rotational motion from an input shaft 138 is used to drive an input pump or turbine to push the fluid along one line and pull the fluid along another line. The motion of the fluid the drives the output pump in the same motion.
  • the major advantage of this system is that no external mechanisms are introduced.
  • some of the disadvantages to the twin pump/turbine system are that pumps have larger inherent inefficiencies, require multiple pressure lines, and it isn't very likely there are any commercially available small precision pump/turbines which would meet specification requiring future researchers to fabricate the pumps.
  • Fluid systems offer flexibility of connecting the vest to the elbow mechanism. Both coupling methods allow for the high pressure lines to be easily attached to the linkage chains by many conventional methods such as tape or speed ties. However using a fluid system entails designing a system that can operate on high pressure while limiting thermal expansion and preventing pressure losses due to leaks.
  • Cables or "tendons” are one of the most common methods of routing motion along mechanical structures in robotic applications. Cable systems offer low weight, low inertia, high flexibility and high strength while keeping heavier actuators and transmissions off the structure. For these reasons a cable driven coupling was selected for the REACH exoskeleton.
  • the concept of the coupling mechanism, shown in Figures 9 and 10, is to route two opposing cables 171, 172 along the linkage chain 72 of the shoulder mechanism.
  • One drawback to using cable driven systems is that cables can only transmit motion when held in tension. For this reason the elbow coupling mechanism will require two opposing cables to transmit positive and negative rotational motion.
  • the opposing cables will be affixed to a pair of 5/6 th half moon pulleys 175.
  • the pulleys 175, guide holes 183, and pulley enclosure will make the coupling assembly 180, shown in Figure 11 and Figure 12.
  • Each pulley has a set of two tracks 193 shown in Figure 12 to keep the cables aligned and separated.
  • the cable is fed to the pulleys via a set of guide holes 183 that is drilled into the pulley enclosure From the pulley enclosure the cables are guided along semi- flexible tubing 195 to the next pulley as shown in Figure 13.
  • the tubing selected is a hard rubber tube that is reinforced by steel braided wire, similar to the tubing used to route cables in bicycles.
  • the tubing will have a set length longer than the minimum connection distance between contact points to ensure that the cable inside tubing cannot increase or decrease length as the pose of the mechanism changes. As the mechanism moves the tubing will alter is own geometry to follow along the mechanism but not the length of the cable.
  • the path selected for the tubing 195 is to attach the tubing along the outside edges of the linkage shown in Figure 13.
  • the outside edge of the linkage chain offers the smallest deviation in the tubing lengths.
  • the tubing will be connected to the linkage chain by four contact points and have two rigid sections 198 shown in Figure 13 and three flexible sections 196a, 196b, 196c as shown in Figures 14, 15, 16.
  • tubing will not change geometry; however tubing is required to prevent contact between the cables and the user. Selecting the proper lengths of the tubing of the flexible sections will vary based on the final shoulder mechanism geometry selected.
  • the final subsystem of the exoskeleton is the control system.
  • the control system determines the state of the exoskeleton as well as the direction the user is trying to move.
  • the controller uses a computer model of virtual surfaces within the virtual environment, determines whether to act in free mode or virtual surface mode and steers the steering motors accordingly.
  • control of the is perfo ⁇ ned by a microcontroller, enabling the control hardware to be mounted on the vest or worn in a backpack.
  • the steering motors do not have to be very powerful (they only need to overcome steering friction) the system is battery powered.
  • the batteries and control system can both be worn by the user (either on the vest or in a backpack) enabling the entire system to be portable.
  • the coupling 200 includes three steerable transmissions 240, 250, 260 that are connected to a first member, such as, for example a shoulder brace 210.
  • the transmissions are connected to a second member, such as, for example, an upper arm brace 220 by three linkages 270, 280, 290 and to each other by an internal linkage 340.
  • a controller 230 controls a transmission ratio of each of the transmissions according to a virtual workspace such that motion of the second member is limited as constrained by the workspace.
  • the controller 230 provides instructions to transmission 240 to control how much rotation of the linkage 270 should be allowed for a given amount of rotation of the internal linkage 340.
  • Figure 8 outlines a procedure 300 that can be implemented by the controller to control the transmissions.
  • the workspace constraints are input.
  • the workspace constraints are separated into subsets of constraints appropriate for each of the transmissions.
  • each of the transmissions is controlled according to the constraints.

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Selon la présente invention, un couplage dynamique conçu pour être utilisé dans un exosquelette comprend une pluralité de transmissions orientables raccordées à un premier élément de l'exosquelette et une pluralité de liaisons raccordées entre une des transmissions orientables correspondantes et un second élément correspondant. Les transmissions orientables commandent ainsi le mouvement de l'articulation par l'intermédiaire des liaisons.
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