Ab Aziz, Muhammad Aizat (2019) An evaluation of an exoskeleton to assist pole handling during manual oil palm harvesting activity. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
The integration between robots and humans offers new opportunities for the creation of new assistive technologies that can be used in the field of agriculture. However, research analysing the impact of using exoskeleton on users’ limbs movement is limited. In this paper, we used IMU sensors to capture human motion data. Based on the motion data, the graphs of angle of motion against time were plotted. Thus, we can understand the impact of exoskeleton in assisting pole handling during manual harvesting. The motion data includes how the limbs of the subjects move, degree of angle of the subjects’ limbs. Analysis of the motion data showed that wearing exoskeleton causes lower motion angle. Note that the amplitude given by the IMU sensors correspond to the limb angle. When the amplitude of motion angle is lower, the limbs movements are also less compared to limbs movement when not wearing exoskeleton, which suggests reduced muscle activity when wearing exoskeleton. Perhaps by wearing an exoskeleton, the workers may consume less energy as there is support from exoskeleton to support the load.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
|---|---|
| Faculty: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms Siti Mariam Giman |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2022 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2022 06:53 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/537 |
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