Methodical approach to testing of special and dual-purpose exoskeletons

Methodical approach to testing of special and dual-purpose exoskeletons

Elena V. Pis’mennaya
PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS), Senior Research Scientist, 33, Leninsky Prospect, Moscow, 119071, Russia, tel.: +7(910)402-73-21, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ORCID: 0000-0002-7833-1235

Kirill M. Tolstov
PhD in Technical Sciences, IEE RAS, Senior Research Scientist, 33, Leninsky Prospect, Mos-cow, 119071, Russia, tel.: +7(903)788-97-08, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Evgeniy A. Antokhin
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Research Scientist, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(962)984-65-17, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Leonid L. Voronin
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Research Sci-entist, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(926)648-99-79, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Received December 21, 2021.

Abstract
The paper proposes a possible methodological approach to testing of passive military exoskeletons in order to assess the effectiveness of their use under the criterion of reducing the load on the operator, and considers the procedure for optimal adjustment (fitting) of the exoskeleton elements to the anthropometric parameters of a combatant. In the final part of the work, the list of priority efforts aimed at the implementation of a unified technical policy in the field of organization and testing of military exoskeletons has been kept up to date.

Key words
Military exoskeleton, methodological approach, support reaction force, biomechanical parameters, dynamometric test methods.

DOI
10.31776/RTCJ.10202

Bibliographic description
Pis’mennaya, E. et al., 2022. Methodical approach to testing of special and dual-purpose exoskeletons. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 10(2), pp.93-103.

UDC identifier:
623:007.52

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