Research Article

A Lower Extremity Exoskeleton: Human-Machine Coupled Modeling, Robust Control Design, Simulation, and Overload-Carrying Experiment

Table 3

The hydraulic parameters for simulation.

NameValueUnit

Damping ratio 0.7ā€”
Natural frequency 628rad/s
Servo valve gain 0.0125m/A
Fluid bulk modulus 7000bar
Mass of hydraulic actuator 2.5kg
Annulus areas of no-rod cylinder m2
Annulus areas of rod cylinder m2
Distance between hydraulic cylinder calf connections and knee 0.322m
Distance between hydraulic cylinder thigh connections and knee 0.065m
Return pressures 1bar
Piston stroke 0.16m
Flow-pressure coefficient m3/s/Pa
Nominal value of 0.188m2/s
Nominal value of 100Ns/m
Nominal value of m3/pa
Nominal value of 1200N/m