title: Note: Application of a novel 2(3HUS+S) parallel manipulator for simulation of hip joint motion.
abstract: In the paper, a novel 2(3HUS+S) parallel manipulator, which has two moving platforms, is proposed. The parallel manipulator is adopted to simulate hip joint motion and can conduct an experiment for two hip joints simultaneously. Motion experiments are conducted in the paper, and the recommended hip joint motion curves from ISO14242 and actual hip joint motions during jogging and walking are selected as the simulated motions. The experimental results indicate that the 2(3HUS+S) parallel manipulator can realize the simulation of many kinds of hip joint motions without changing the structure size.
authors.affiliation: School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.affiliation: School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*