Wearable robot clothing adjustable to the wearer's body size and wearable robot clothing for knee strength assistance

Wearable robot garment adjustable to the wearer's body size and wearable robot garment for knee strength assistance

This technology is a wearable robot garment for body joints (such as the knee), featuring detachable adjustment units and outer shell anchors on the exterior of the garment to optimize wire routing and length according to the user's body size.

Differences in body size among users make it difficult to determine the optimal attachment points and lengths for wires, and the use of excessive straps and adjustment devices to compensate often leads to reduced comfort.

This technology utilizes detachable adjustment units on the exterior of the garment and outer shell anchors through which the wires pass to adjust the physical position of the wire ends. By connecting a second wire from the front of the knee, around the side, to the rear calf, it ensures ease of wear. Applicable to rehabilitation training, gait assistance, and medical/welfare services, it improves user comfort by controlling the wire and the end of the outer wire cover while the garment is worn.

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Key Features:

• A first adjustment unit that is detachably coupled to the exterior of the garment so that it is positioned in front of the knee when the garment is worn, and to which one end of the first wire is coupled
• A drive unit to which the other ends of the first and second wires are coupled, capable of providing power to the first and second wires
• In a wearable robot garment used to assist knee strength, a first wire
• A garment worn on the knee starting from the front of the knee to assist with knee strength

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This invention was developed with support from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy for the development of a wearable robot system consisting of a 50W-class drive module for human muscle assistance and a human-robot muscle model-based control technique.