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The Biomechanical Fidelity of Slope Simulation on the Sarcos Treadport Using Whole-Body Force Feedback

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This paper addresses whether whole-body force feedback on treadmill-style locomotion interfaces can simulate the gravity forces experienced when walking on smooth inclines. By applying horizontal force feedback possible with the active mechanical tether of the Sarcos Treadport, it is shown that the biomechanics of walking are similar under conditions of real slope walking versus tether force walking. These biomechanical results complement previous psychophysical studies which yielded the same result, to conclude definitively that whole-body force feedback can realistically substitute for treadmill tilt.

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  1. Computer Science Dept., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1419

    Rose Mills

  2. School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-9205

    John M. Hollerbach & William B. Thompson

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA

    Daniela Rus

  2. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Sanjiv Singh

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Mills, R., Hollerbach, J.M., Thompson, W.B. (2001). The Biomechanical Fidelity of Slope Simulation on the Sarcos Treadport Using Whole-Body Force Feedback. In: Rus, D., Singh, S. (eds) Experimental Robotics VII. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 271. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45118-8_44

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