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Journal of Biomedical Research | Volume 29
October 22-23, 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany
International Conference on
Robo t i c s a n d A u t oma t i o n
B iomater ial s and Nanomater ial s
Joint Event
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In this talk I will review the state of the art in exoskeletons
technology. I will then focus on a biomechanical energy
harvesters which are wearable robots designed to generate
electrical energy from human locomotion (e.g. walking).
Thus, providing an alternative to batteries as an electrical
power source for portable electronics (e.g. GPS, laptops)
or enable reduction of the dependence of exoskeleton in
battery power. For an energy harvesting device to be useful,
it is important that it can generate energy with minimal –
or without any additional – effort of the user. Therefore,
many of the current devices aim at replacing part of the
muscles’ work during the phases in human motion where
the muscles act as brakes (i.e. negative work). This leads
to regenerative breaking, which generates energy similar
to a hybrid car. If performed correctly, this in theory could
lead to generation of electrical energy while reducing
the user’s effort (i.e. metabolic power). In this talk I will
explain the theory of an energy harvesting device, discuss
the criteria for evaluation of the device, demonstrate the
optimization base design approach, and present preliminary
results of our device which indicate that it is possible to
generate electrical energy while reducing the user’s effort.
Speaker Biography
Raziel Riemer is an Associate professor at Dept. of industrial engineering and
management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He holds a . degree
in Mechanical Engineering and a . in Industrial Engineering from the Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, and a PhD form Department of Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His research
interests are in the areas of analysis, modeling, and simulation of human movement,
as well as Robotics. He integrates knowledge from biomechanics and robotics. This
research has implications, biomechanical energy harvesting, exoskeleton, ergonomics
andphysiotherapy.Before joiningtheacademicworldRazielhaveworked inthe industry
bothasamechanicalengineerandas industrialengineerfor6yearmostofthemat Intel.
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Raziel Riemer
Ben Gurion University, Israel
Biomechanical energy harvesting as a base for exoskeleton: Theory, design and results
Raziel Riemer, Robotics & Biomaterials 2018, Volume 29
DOI: 10.4066/biomedicalresearch-C6-015