Sensor-Based Adaptive Control and Optimization of Lower-Limb Prosthesis.

Authors

Roozbeh AtriFollow

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Major/Program

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Ou Bai

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee chair

Second Advisor's Name

Kang K. Yen

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Third Advisor's Name

Armando Barreto

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Fourth Advisor's Name

Ahmed Ibrahim

Fourth Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Fifth Advisor's Name

Wei-Chiang Lin

Fifth Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Keywords

biomedical, controls and control theory, signal processing

Date of Defense

11-8-2019

Abstract

Recent developments in prosthetics have enabled the development of powered prosthetic ankles (PPA). The advent of such technologies drastically improved impaired gait by increasing balance and reducing metabolic energy consumption by providing net positive power. However, control challenges limit performance and feasibility of today’s devices. With addition of sensors and motors, PPA systems should continuously make control decisions and adapt the system by manipulating control parameters of the prostheses. There are multiple challenges in optimization and control of PPAs. A prominent challenge is the objective setup of the system and calibration parameters to fit each subject. Another is whether it is possible to detect changes in intention and terrain before prosthetic use and how the system should react and adapt to it.

In the first part of this study, a model for energy expenditure was proposed using electromyogram (EMG) signals from the residual lower-limbs PPA users. The proposed model was optimized to minimize energy expenditure. Optimization was performed using a modified Nelder-Mead approach with a Latin Hypercube sampling. Results of the proposed method were compared to expert values and it was shown to be a feasible alternative for tuning in a shorter time.

In the second part of the study, the control challenges regarding lack of adaptivity for PPAs was investigated. The current PPA system used is enhanced with impedance-controlled parameters that allow the system to provide different assistance. However, current systems are set to a fixed value and fail to acknowledge various terrain and intentions throughout the day. In this study, a pseudo-real-time adaptive control system was proposed to predict the changes in the gait and provide a smoother gait. The proposed control system used physiological, kinetic, and kinematic data and fused them to predict the change. The prediction was done using machine learning-based methods. Results of the study showed an accuracy of up to 89.7 percent for prediction of change for four different cases.

Identifier

FIDC008834

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-656X

Previously Published In

Atri, R., Marquez, J., Leung, C., Siddiquee, M., Murphy, D., Gorgey, A., Lovegreen, W., Fei, D.Y. and Bai, O., 2018. Smart DataDriven Optimization of Powered Prosthetic Ankles Using Surface Electromyography. Sensors, 18(8), p.2705.

Atri, R., Marquez, J.S., Murphy, D., Gorgey, A., Fei, D., Fox, J., Burkhardt, B., Lovegreen, W. and Bai, O., 2016, December. Investigation of muscle activity during loaded human gait using signal processing of multi-channel surface EMG and IMU. In Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB), 2016 IEEE (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Bai, O., Atri, R., Marquez, J.S. and Fei, D.Y., 2017, March. Characterization of lower limb activity during gait using wearable, multichannel surface EMG and IMU sensors. In Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON), 2017 International (pp. 1-4). IEEE.

Atri, R., Marquez, J.S., Murphy, D., Gorgey, A., Fei, D., Fox, J., Lovegreen, W. and Bai, O., 2017, July. EMG-based energy expenditure optimization for active prosthetic leg tuning. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 394-397). IEEE.

Recommended Citation

Atri, Roozbeh, "Sensor-Based Adaptive Control and Optimization of Lower-Limb Prosthesis." (2019). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4328.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4328