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Hyundai Wearable Robotics for Walking Assistance
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Wearables - Exoskeletons
Applicable Industries
- Automotive
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
The Challenge
The Central Advanced Research and Engineering Institute at Hyundai Motor Company develops future mobility technologies. Rather than provide conventional vehicle products to customers, this research center creates new mobility devices with a wide range of speeds for a variety of people, including the elderly and the disabled. As our society ages, there is a greater need for systems that can aid mobility. Thus, we are developing wearable exoskeleton robots with NI embedded controllers for the elderly and patients with spinal cord injuries to use.
Key Challenge
Developing a system that can handle complex control algorithms to capture data remotely from various sensors simultaneously and perform real-time control of multiple actuators for a wearable robotics device for walking assistance.
The Customer
Hyundai Motor Company
About The Customer
Hyundai Motor Company
The Solution
Using the LabVIEW RIO platform, including a CompactRIO embedded system and a real-time controller with an FPGA control architecture provided by Single-Board RIO, to acquire data from various sensors and control peripheral units, high-speed communication devices, and actuators; and using LabVIEW software to acquire reliable data by conducting real-time analysis and applying various robot control algorithms to dramatically reduce development time.
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