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Throughout the whole human history, loss of limbs has been an important issue, such that extensive research has been conducted in designing and controlling above-knee prostheses, which have a long history of application by humans. Over time, with advances in medical sciences and engineering, this auxiliary tool evolved and has always been improving. Nevertheless, some challenges have remained. Therefore, proper and optimal design of knee mechanism for those who are not able to move can be very useful. In this research, first the human motion will be simulated and then prosthesis will be controlled. Received data from the rehabilitation center will be transferred through PLC to micro-prosthesis section. In the processing section, microcontroller will be calculated the information received and will be applied to the ankle and knee actuators. Using sensors embedded in different parts of the prosthesis, the prosthesis will be detected the actual position of the prosthesis and will be controlled the movement of the prosthesis.
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Noei, V., Javadi, M. (2019). Designing an Automatic and Self-adjusting Leg Prosthesis. In: Montaser Kouhsari, S. (eds) Fundamental Research in Electrical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 480. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8672-4_19
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