ArticleIEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society2025
Ambilateral Activity Recognition and Continuous Adaptation with a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis.
Article in IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The clinical effects of the Össur Power Knee with phase-based and default control during sitting, standing, and walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effects of a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis on Intact Joint Biomechanics Across Sustained Activities of Daily Life: A Case Series.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026Article
- Controlling Powered Prosthesis Joint Impedance Over Continuous Stance Transitions Between Walking and Stair Ascent/Descent.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026Article
- Vibrotactile Haptic and Gesture Feedback in a Smartwatch for Controlling a Multi-Activity Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2025Article
- A Task-Agnostic Approach to Unified Multi-Activity Gait Phase Estimation via Bilateral Sensing.IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings] · 2025Article
- Unified Control of a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis Enables Walking, Stairs, Transitions, and Other Daily Ambulation Activities.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2025Article
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Abstract
For powered prosthetic legs to be viable in everyday situations, they require an activity classification system that is not only accurate but also straightforward to understand and use. However, incorporating the numerous activity modes in real-world ambulation often requires high-dimensional feature spaces and restrictions on the leg leading each transition. This article addresses these challenges by delegating sit/stand transitions and variable-incline walking to the mid-level controller, effectively reducing the classification space to four states with easily distinguishable features. We implement simple heuristic rules for both prosthetic-led and intact-led (i.e., ambilateral) transitions, using lower-limb kinematic features, ground contact and inclination, and environmental distance from an ultrasonic sensor. Two transfemoral amputee subjects using a powered knee-ankle prosthesis demonstrated an ambilateral transition accuracy of 99.2% under both self-paced and rapid-paced/fatiguing conditions, with a 100% recovery rate due to backup logic or user-cued resets. The incline estimator enabled the prosthesis to continuously adapt between level and inclined surfaces without explicit classification. These results and an outdoor multi-terrain demonstration indicate that simple and straightforward transition logic can enable powered prosthetic legs to be used reliably across a broad array of daily activities.
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