Real-Time Vertical Ground Reaction Force Estimation in a Unified Simulation Framework Using Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors

Robotics

Shayan Riyaz¹  Emel Demircan²  John Abella²  Elliot Recinos² 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA;Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA;

关键词: inertial measurement unit;    ground reaction force;    simulation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/robotics9040088

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Recent advances in computational technology have enabled the use of model-based simulation with real-time motion tracking to estimate ground reaction forces during gait. We show here that a biomechanical-based model including a foot-ground contact can reproduce measured ground reaction forces using inertial measurement unit data during single-leg support, single-support jump, side to side jump, jogging, and skipping. The framework is based on our previous work on integrating the OpenSim musculoskeletal models with the Unity environment. The validation was performed on a single subject performing several tasks that involve the lower extremity. The novelty of this paper includes the integration and real-time tracking of inertial measurement unit data in the current framework, as well as the estimation of contact forces using biologically based musculoskeletal models. The RMS errors of tracking the vertical ground reaction forces are 0.027 bodyweight, 0.174 bodyweight, 0.173 bodyweight, 0.095 bodyweight, and 0.10 bodyweight for single-leg support, single-support jump, side to side jump, jogging, and skipping, respectively. The average RMS error for all tasks and trials is 0.112 bodyweight. This paper provides a computational framework for further applications in whole-body human motion analysis.

【 授权许可】

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