Impact of Imperfect Exoskeleton Algorithms on Step Characteristics, Task Performance, and Perception of Exoskeleton Performance

Man I Wu,Leia Stirling,Man I Wu,Leia Stirling

Lower-limb exoskeletons may experience errors in operational settings, where an expected assistive torque is missing. These errors may affect user's gait strategies and perception of the exoskeleton's performance, leading to impacted human-exoskeleton fluency and user trust in the system. In this study, we introduced five different exoskeleton control algorithms with fixed error rates up to 10% er...