Abstract
Joint stiffness, the dynamic relationship between the angular position of a joint and the torque acting about it, can be used to describe the dynamic behavior of the human ankle during posture and movement. Joint stiffness can be separated into intrinsic stiffness and reflex stiffness, which are modeled as linear and LNL systems, respectively. For most functional tasks, the ankle interacts with a compliant load. The joint stiffness can be viewed as being operated in closed-loop because the torque is fed back to change the position of the ankle. Consequently, standard open loop identification methods will give biased results. In this paper, we present a new method to estimate intrinsic and reflex stiffness from the total torque measured in closed-loop. A MOESP (Multivariable Output-Error State-Space) subspace system identification method is used to estimate the dynamics of each pathway directly from measured data. The past reference input is used as an instrumental variable to eliminate noise fed back via the controller loop. Simulation and experimental studies demonstrate that the method produces accurate results.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2008 American Control Conference, ACC |
Pages | 619-624 |
Number of pages | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 30 2008 |
Event | 2008 American Control Conference, ACC - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: Jun 11 2008 → Jun 13 2008 |
Other
Other | 2008 American Control Conference, ACC |
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Country | United States |
City | Seattle, WA |
Period | 6/11/08 → 6/13/08 |
Keywords
- Ankle dynamics
- Closed-loop system identification
- MOESP algorithm
- Subspace method
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering