Attitude-supporting apparatus of wearable robot and attitude-supporting method using the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJun Hwan Park, Dong Han Koo
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Abstract
An attitude-supporting apparatus of a wearable robot includes an actuator for generating a hydraulic pressure by a worker's direct manipulation, and a driving unit including, the driving unit including: an inner component and an outer component capable of relatively rotating, and control components for controlling the relative rotations of the inner component and the outer component, wherein a motion of the control components is controlled by receiving the hydraulic pressure generated from the actuator.
Claims13
An attitude-supporting apparatus of a wearable robot, the attitude-supporting apparatus comprising:
- an actuator for generating a hydraulic pressure by a worker's direct manipulation;
- and
- a driving unit including:
- an inner component and an outer component capable of relatively rotating;
- and
- control components for controlling the relative rotations of the inner component and the outer component,
- wherein a motion of the control components is controlled by receiving the hydraulic pressure generated from the actuator,
- wherein the inner component includes an inner ball part comprising:
- an inner space;
- and
- a plurality of bearing holes connecting the inner space to an outside of the inner ball part therethrough,
- wherein the control components include ball bearings that are respectively disposed in the plurality of bearing holes, and
- wherein the control components are movable along the plurality of bearing holes by the hydraulic pressure transmitted to the driving unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.