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Experimental validation of motor primitive-based control for leg exoskeletons during continuous multi-locomotion tasks (2017)
Journal Article
Ruiz Garate, V., Parri, A., Yan, T., Munih, M., Lova, R. M., Vitiello, N., & Ronsse, R. (2017). Experimental validation of motor primitive-based control for leg exoskeletons during continuous multi-locomotion tasks. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 11, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2017.00015

An emerging approach to design locomotion assistive devices deals with reproducing desirable biological principles of human locomotion. In this paper, we present a bio-inspired controller for locomotion assistive devices based on the concept of motor... Read More about Experimental validation of motor primitive-based control for leg exoskeletons during continuous multi-locomotion tasks.

Motor primitive-based control for lower-limb exoskeletons (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ruiz Garate, V., Parri, A., Yan, T., Munih, M., Lova, R. M., Vitiello, N., & Ronsse, R. (2016). Motor primitive-based control for lower-limb exoskeletons. In 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). , (655-661). https://doi.org/10.1109/biorob.2016.7523700

Assistive technology forecasts better autonomy for people with lifelong disabilities and for the elderly facing motor decline. As the population of developed countries is becoming greyer, there is thus a high probability of observing a significant in... Read More about Motor primitive-based control for lower-limb exoskeletons.

An oscillator-based smooth real-time estimate of gait phase for wearable robotics (2016)
Journal Article
Yan, T., Parri, A., Ruiz Garate, V., Cempini, M., Ronsse, R., & Vitiello, N. (2017). An oscillator-based smooth real-time estimate of gait phase for wearable robotics. Autonomous Robots, 41(3), 759-774. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-016-9566-0

This paper presents a novel methodology for estimating the gait phase of human walking through a simple sensory apparatus. Three subsystems are combined: a primary phase estimator based on adaptive oscillators, a desired gait event detector and a pha... Read More about An oscillator-based smooth real-time estimate of gait phase for wearable robotics.

Walking assistance using artificial primitives: A novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative exoskeleton (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz Garate, V., Parri, A., Yan, T., Munih, M., Molino Lova, R., Vitiello, N., & Ronsse, R. (2016). Walking assistance using artificial primitives: A novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative exoskeleton. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 23(1), 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2015.2510778

Bioinspiration in robotics deals with applying biological principles to the design of better performing devices. In this article, we propose a novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative... Read More about Walking assistance using artificial primitives: A novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative exoskeleton.

Bio-inspired model for locomotion assistance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ruiz Garate, V., Collard, J., & Ronsse, R. (2014, October). Bio-inspired model for locomotion assistance. Paper presented at 7th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR2014), Pontedera, Italy

The main objective of this work is obtaining a framework able to provide bio-inspired torque assistance to disabled humans during walking and stair ascending/descending. The method is based on a bioinspired model copying natural dynamics of the leg m... Read More about Bio-inspired model for locomotion assistance.

Numerical modeling of ADA system for vulnerable road users protection based on radar and vision sensing (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Ruiz Garate, V., Bours, R., & Kietlinski, K. (2012). Numerical modeling of ADA system for vulnerable road users protection based on radar and vision sensing. In 2012 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). , (1150-1155). https://doi.org/10.1109/ivs.2012.6232273

The protection of vulnerable road users (VRU) remains one of the most challenging problems for our society and several governmental and consumer organization has set targets to reduce the VRU fatality and injury rates. The automotive industry is, the... Read More about Numerical modeling of ADA system for vulnerable road users protection based on radar and vision sensing.