@InProceedings{ayusawa:humanoids:2014, author = {Ayusawa, Ko and Nakaoka, Shin\textquotesingle ichiro and Yoshida, Eiichi and Imamura, Yumeko and Tanaka, Takayuki}, title = {Evaluation of Assistive Devices Using Humanoid Robot with Mechanical Parameters Robots}, booktitle = {IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots}, year = {2014}, pages = {205--211}, address = {Madrid, Spain}, month = {November 18-November 20}, url = {https://staff.aist.go.jp/e.yoshida/papers/Humanoids14\_ayusawa\_proc.pdf}, keywords = {Joints, Humanoid robots, Torque, Vectors, Sensors, Mathematical model}, doi = {10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2014.7041361}, abstract = {This paper presents the application of a humanoid robot as an evaluator of assistive devices; we propose a framework of the evaluation by utilizing identification of the mechanical properties of a humanoid robot. The accurate estimation of joint torque with the identification can enhance the performance to estimate the supporting effect of the devices. We evaluate a passive assistive wear "Smart Suit Lite (SSL)" as an example of device, and use HRP-4C as the humanoid platform. With the general formulation of the wire-driven multi-body system, the supporting torque of passive assistive devices is also formulated. The identification of the stiffness of SSL is performed an example of the evaluation with HRP-4C, and the result is compared to the ground truth value.} }