Next-Gen Robotic Knee Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Technology

This work focuses on the development of a lightweight exoskeleton designed specifically for the knee joint and integrating a virtual reality football environment. The primary goal is to enhance mobility and improve the quality of life for individuals with knee impairments, particularly those with weakened muscles and those recovering from knee surgery. This work introduces a Cable-Controlled exoskeleton technology for rehabilitation. It is lightweight, adaptable to patients who are recovering from knee surgery and having weak muscles, and engineered to facilitate targeted support during knee rehabilitation exercises in a sitting posture. This technology aims to enables biomechanical assistance, enabling patients to execute personalized, controlled movements that align with their rehabilitation needs. This work focuses on the design, modelling and analysis that is stress analysis, strain analysis, displacement analysis kinematic modelling, dynamic modelling of the system as well as the bowden cable, developing a control system and cubic trajectory of a knee exoskeleton for knee rehabilitation targeting patients. Drawing inspiration from existing research in rehabilitation robotics, this project aims to reduce bulkiness cost-effective and personalized solution for enhanced knee rehabilitation.