Biomechanical energy harvesting: Apparatus and method Export

@inproceedings{li2008, abstract = {A biomechanical energy harvester is presented that generates electricity during human walking. The key feature of this device is that the power generation adds only a minimal extra effort to the user. The knee-mounted devices accomplish this by selectively engaging power generation at the end of the swing phase when knee flexor muscles act to brake knee motion. Analogous to regenerative braking in hybrid cars, the device assists deceleration of each leg within each stride while generating electrical power. We developed a control system to engage/disengage power generation based on the measured knee kinematics during a gait cycle. Experimental results show that generative braking generated 4.8 plusmn 0.8 W of electrical power with a minimal increase in metabolic cost.}, author = {Li, Q. and Naing, V. and Hoffer, J. A. and Weber, D. J. and Kuo, A. D. and Donelan, J. M.}, booktitle = {Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {3252994}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543774}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4543774}, doi = {10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543774}, journal = {Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on}, keywords = {biomechanical, emag, energy-harvesting, knee-mounted}, pages = {3672--3677}, posted-at = {2008-09-13 20:57:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Biomechanical energy harvesting: Apparatus and method}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543774}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - li2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3252994 N2 - A biomechanical energy harvester is presented that generates electricity during human walking. The key feature of this device is that the power generation adds only a minimal extra effort to the user. The knee-mounted devices accomplish this by selectively engaging power generation at the end of the swing phase when knee flexor muscles act to brake knee motion. Analogous to regenerative braking in hybrid cars, the device assists deceleration of each leg within each stride while generating electrical power. We developed a control system to engage/disengage power generation based on the measured knee kinematics during a gait cycle. Experimental results show that generative braking generated 4.8 plusmn 0.8 W of electrical power with a minimal increase in metabolic cost. JF - Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on EP - 3677 TI - Biomechanical energy harvesting: Apparatus and method T2 - Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on SP - 3672 KW - biomechanical KW - emag KW - energy-harvesting KW - knee-mounted AU - Li, Q AU - Naing, V AU - Hoffer, JA AU - Weber, DJ AU - Kuo, AD AU - Donelan, JM PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543774 ER -