摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking trigger device triggering the step-out of a leg by the swinging of the shoulder parts and capable of reproducing the movement of the shoulder parts in actual walking. <P>SOLUTION: This device comprises a shoulder part swinging mechanism 12 formed by having a shoulder retaining part 14 locked to a trunk support part 10 and shoulder part swinging air packs 15a, 15b, 15c and 15d attached to inside the shoulder retaining part 14 and abutting to the front/rear of the left/right shoulders of a trainee when worn by the trainee; and a cooperative operation control part 13 cooperatively operating lower leg parts 3aR, 3bR, 3aL, and 3bL, thigh drive parts 5R and 5L, an arm drive mechanism 11, and the shoulder part swinging mechanism 12 in a walking training. The shoulders of the trainee 1 are turned in the front/rear/left/right by controlling the respective inside air pressures of the shoulder part swinging air packs 15a, 115b, 15c and 15d. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |