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# Toward A Soft Robotic Ankle-Foot Orthosis (SR-AFO) Exosuit for Human Locomotion: Preliminary Results in Late Stance Plantarflexion Assistance

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This paper presents the design of a soft robotic ankle-foot orthosis (SR-AFO) exosuit to aid in plantarflexion for gait rehabilitation in individuals who suffer from irregular gaits due to stroke or other injuries. The SR-AFO exosuit is a sock-like garment fabricated from compliant fabrics. The SR-AFO exosuit aids in late-stance of the walking gait in plantarflexion by contracting the actuator to pull the posterior end of the foot upward. This helps to reduce the muscle effort of the user during plantarflexion. The addition of a second actuator shows a 45.3% increase to 13.51 ± 0.31 kg payload capacity. The actuators are oriented at an optimal angle of 5 • to produce the highest pulling force. Three healthy participants are evaluated during walking trials with and without SR-AFO exosuit assistance while ankle angle and muscle activity are monitored. The gastrocnemius (GA) and soleus (SOL) muscle activity during late stance is reduced by 13.4% and 16.6% respectively. Tibialis anterior (TA) increases slightly during swing most likely due to the hysteresis in the system deflating during that window. The ankle range of motion remains within natural walking limitations and plantarflexion angle increases when the SR-AFO exosuit is active.
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Toward A Soft Robotic Ankle-Foot Orthosis (SR-AFO) Exosuit for
Human Locomotion: Preliminary Results in Late Stance Plantarﬂexion
Assistance
Carly M. Thalman, Student Member, IEEE, Tiffany Hertzell, and Hyunglae Lee,Member, IEEE
Abstract This paper presents the design of a soft robotic
ankle-foot orthosis (SR-AFO) exosuit to aid in plantarﬂexion
for gait rehabilitation in individuals who suffer from irregular
gaits due to stroke or other injuries. The SR-AFO exosuit is
a sock-like garment fabricated from compliant fabrics. The
SR-AFO exosuit aids in late stance of the walking gait in
plantarﬂexion by contracting the actuator to pull the posterior
end of the foot upward. This helps to reduce the muscle effort
of the user during plantarﬂexion. The addition of a second
actuator shows a 45.3% increase to 13.51 ±0.31 kg payload
capacity. The actuators are oriented at an optimal angle of 5
to produce the highest pulling force. Three healthy participants
are evaluated during walking trials with and without SR-AFO
exosuit assistance while ankle angle and muscle activity are
monitored. The gastrocnemius (GA) and soleus (SOL) muscle
activity during late stance is reduced by 13.4% and 16.6%
respectively. Tibialis anterior (TA) increases slightly during
swing most likely due to the hysteresis in the system deﬂating
during that window. The ankle range of motion remains within
natural walking limitations and plantarﬂexion angle increases
when the SR-AFO exosuit is active.
Keywords - Soft Robotics, Wearable Robots, Assistive Robots,
Rehabilitation.
I. INTRODUCTION
The ankle joint is responsible for 45% of the power behind
human locomotion, and plantarﬂexion is a critical motion
throughout the entire gait cycle [1]. Body propulsion during
a forward gait requires a propulsive force that pushes off of
the ground and creates forward motion. Ankle plantarﬂexion
produces propulsion by using ankle muscles to push off the
ground during late stance phase [2], [3]. The soleus (SOL)
and gastrocnemius (GA) muscles provide vertical support
during single-leg stance [4]. During mid single-leg stance,
the SOL and GA have an opposite energetic effect on the
leg and trunk of the body to ensure support and forward
progression of the leg and trunk [5]. Proper plantarﬂexion
ensures stable weight transfer and drives critical lever-force
behind the ﬁnal rocker action transitioning to pre-swing
[6]. Individuals suffering from hemiparesis after a stroke,
paralysis of pretibial muscles, or ﬁxed plantarﬂexion will
often experience a lack of shock absorption and loss of
deﬁnitive heel strike [6]. This can cause a loss of the ﬁnal
rocker action needed to propel the foot forward for toe-off
to transition to pre-swing [4], [7]. As a result, various forms
Corresponding Author
Carly M. Thalman, Tiffany Hertzell, and Hyunglae Lee are with the
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, AZ, USA.
cmthalma@asu.edu, hyunglae.lee@asu.edu
Fig. 1. An illustration of the SR-AFO Exosuit for plantarﬂexion is shown
in (a), while (b) shows the posterior view of the actual device being worn
by a user.
of gait abnormalities arise that can cause further injury, pain,
or risk of trips and falls [7]. The aforementioned afﬂictions
to gait allude to reasons why a passive rigid orthotic device
may not be beneﬁcial in all cases. In typical rehabilitative
environments, treatments can be labor intensive for both
the therapists and patients performing the training. For gait
rehabilitation, therapies often require manually moving the
lower limbs and torso of the patient [8] or rigid AFOs
which create a ﬁxed ankle angle that can cause further
gait abnormalities [9]. To eliminate some limitations of
traditional AFOs, a range of wearable robotic solutions
has been proposed to provide more dynamic and tailored
methods of assistance to a wide range of users [10]–[15].
Robotics designed for lower-extremity assistance has been
shown to assist in restoring natural gait patterns through
assistive actuation and controlled perturbations [10], [16].
the inertia that can cause issues with balance, fatigue and
stride length [17]. Soft robotics is a rapidly growing ﬁeld
in addressing needs in human assistance, speciﬁcally related
to post-stroke therapy and rehabilitation strategies for the
lower body [11], [12]. Some beneﬁts of soft robotic solutions
for ankle rehabilitation are lightweight materials and reduced
issues with joint alignment due to increased compliance [13],
[18].
In previous work, a soft robotic ankle-foot orthosis (SR-
AFO) exosuit was developed to address the issue of foot
drop using soft pneumatic actuators to assist dorsiﬂexion,
inversion and eversion (IE) [19]. The sock-like design was
implemented to go over the user’s athletic shoe and is
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978-1-7281-6569-1/20/$31.00 ©2020 IEEE 801 Fig. 2. (a) A user with the donned SR-AFO Exosuit inactive and deﬂated, (b) the SR-AFO Exosuit when active and inﬂated. Fig. 3. Simpliﬁed diagram showing the lever force produced to assist in plantarﬂexion when going from inactive in (a) to active and inﬂated in (b), while (c) shows the plantarﬂexion actuator post inﬂation inspired by thin ﬁlm contracting actuator design. Further evaluation of the IE actuators was completed [20]. This paper presents new developments to the SR-AFO exosuit, including the addition of new actuators placed to assist plantarﬂexion, a more robust sensor placement, and a smaller, more reﬁned design of the control belt. Section II discusses the design of the new SR-AFO exosuit, the addition of the new plantarﬂexion actuators, and the characterization and experimental testing of the plantarﬂexion actuators is explored. Section III introduces the control strategy for the exosuit, user testing, investigating the range of motion (ROM) of the user with and without the SR-AFO exosuit, as well as an electromyography (EMG) study of the muscles used in plantarﬂexion at the ankle joint during walking, and the antagonistic muscles for dorsiﬂexion. Section IV includes a discussion of the overall performance of the SR- AFO exosuit. II. DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SR-AFO EXOSUIT A. Design Overview The SR-AFO exosuit aims to assist ankle plantarﬂexion by utilizing the intrinsic compliance of the fabric-based design paired with pneumatic actuators anchored at speciﬁc points on the body. The SR-AFO exosuit has a low proﬁle and ﬁts tightly around the user’s foot and lower leg (Fig. 2). The low proﬁle makes the wearable robot less cumbersome and cre- ates an ease of application in different rehabilitative settings. The lightweight materials prevent unwanted alterations to the user’s kinematics during natural gait from becoming strewn by restricted motion or added weight [17]. The actuator runs along the back of the user’s calf and pulls the heel upward, producing a negative angle from a neutral position. TABLE I FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS,CONSIDERATIONS,AND CONSTRAINTS Design Requirements Characteristics Design Considerations and Criteria [13][17] Soft, compliant material Neoprene, Spandex and Nylon Low proﬁle 5mm Easy don/doff 30 s Light weight 200 g Motion and Force Considerations [5], [22]–[25] Support Plantarﬂexion 1.6 Nm/kg PF Muscle Assistance GA, SOL muscles Assists Pre-Swing Active during late stance Minimum ROM 30Dorsiﬂexion-Plantarﬂexion (DP) Controls Criteria [1], [4] Perturbation Timing + 10% natural weight on toe Gait Cycle % Assisted 40% to 60% of gait Pressure Threshold 100 kPa Walk at a natural pace 1.0 m/s The controls and hardware for the SR-AFO exosuit are not carried or worn by the user. The maximum force output of the actuator is modeled similarly to previous work [19], [21] using the simple notion shown in Fig 3(a-b) to get torque: τ=FLf oot (1) where τis the assistive torque applied by the actuator, Fis the uniaxial tensile force during contraction and Lf oot is the distance from the center of the ankle joint to the posterior end of the foot. In previous work [19], the soft fabric actuators are modeled and tested in ideal conditions and ﬁxed boundary conditions through ﬁnite element analysis (FEA) and testing on a universal testing machine using rigid vice grips in perfectly ﬁxed positioning. The contraction percentage (ε) of the actuator was optimized via FEA using the following conditions: ε=LiLf Li ,(2) L(x1) = (n1)d+nx1+2d,(3) where the deﬂated chamber length Liis equal to x1, which is the initial length of each chamber, Lfis the ﬁnal length after inﬂation, dis the distance between each chamber created by the heat seal, and nis the total number of chambers. For this work, 8 chambers have been selected to achieve desired contraction. As contraction is a function of overall length, the selected length was sufﬁcient to pull the ankle to the desired angle. 1) Design Considerations and Criteria: A complete list of all considered design requirements and characteristics is outlined in Table I. The sock-like SR-AFO exosuit design allows the materials to lay close to the net-shape of the user. The SR-AFO exosuit has a proﬁle of 5 mm thickness, adding minimal bulk to the leg with layers comprised of neoprene and spandex. The materials and design of the SR- AFO exosuit make it easy for the user to don/doff. The SR- AFO exosuit is donned from the back of the leg, slipping the heel into an opening in the back of the SR-AFO exosuit. Straps with Velcro secure the SR-AFO exosuit on the top 802 of the foot, around the ankle, and below the knee (Fig. 2). The dofﬁng process is quick and easy, only requiring the user to undo the Velcro straps and removing the SR- AFO exosuit from the back. The actuators also have a low proﬁle when active and inactive. The fabrication of the soft actuators uses a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) coated nylon fabric (200 Denier Rockywoods Fabrics) which is thermally bonded with a 2 mm heat impulse sealer (AIE-500 2mm Impulse Sealer, American International Electric INC, CA) which applies uniform heat and pressure to the seam to create an air-tight seal [19]. 2) Motion and Force Considerations: The tensile force of actuation will match a percentage of assistance, which is typically measured at 1.6 Nm/kg for plantarﬂexion torque [25]. The SR-AFO exosuit will assist the primary plantar ﬂexor muscles, GA and SOL, to show a reduction of muscle effort during late stance. The range of motion (ROM) for plantarﬂexion and dorsiﬂexion is 30and 20, respectively. The actuator is pulled tight to lay ﬂat along the calf but does not restrict dorsiﬂexion. This ensures the actuator has ample tension to contract and produce plantarﬂexion when walking ensues. The tension of the actuator is critical to the amount of pulling force it provides to the ankle; this topic will be discussed in later sections. 3) Control Criteria: A tether connects the SR-AFO exo- suit to a control box containing all electro-pneumatic hard- ware. The SR-AFO exosuit allows the user to walk at their natural pace while the actuators engage just before the foot pushes off of the ground. This point varies across participants but the timing coincides with the natural pace of the user. The actuators inﬂate from 40% to 60% of the gait. This range was chosen because it is during this point in the gait cycle where the GA and SOL muscles are activated to produce plantarﬂexion. A pressure threshold of 100 kPa is chosen to reduce risk of mechanical failure due to the cyclical nature of operation. The natural walking pace of a healthy participant typically starts around 1 m/s, so the SR-AFO exosuit should operate within this range. B. Soft Actuator Design Principles While preliminary modeling in ideal conditions was re- quired for actuator design optimization in geometric pattern determinations, it is not enough to assume that the actuators will perform and yield the same force output when worn on a person and afﬁxed to inextensible fabric anchoring points on the SR-AFO exosuit. By allowing the actuator to interface with a fabric anchor, it is assumed that a more realistic force output can be measured to represent the behavior of the actuator when worn on the SR-AFO exosuit. The soft actuator is evaluated following the same testing protocol used in testing Mckibben actuators [26] [27], as the primary function is consistent between the two designs: uniaxial contraction. The experimental setup for the quasi- static isometric tests for varying angles consists of a vice clamp, load cell, and a custom housing structure. The vice clamp is ﬁxed to the bottom of the housing unit and the load cell is supported at the top at a ﬁxed height. Fig. 4. Single actuator testing overview and setup is shown in (a), and double actuators in parallel (b). (c) Double actuators at varying angle, α. Fig. 5. (a) Single actuator testing at varying contractions and pressure. (b) Double actuator testing at varying angles at constant 100 kPa at varying contractions. (c) Double actuator testing at varying contractions and pressure.. C. Quasi-Static Isometric Test Conditions A single actuator is evaluated in this setup to characterize the contracting and uniaxial tension forces produced with a fabric anchoring point (Fig. 4a). The actuator is held at a ﬁxed length for 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% contraction. Pressure is increased from 0 kPa to 100 kPa in increments of 10 kPa and the resulting payload is recorded across a total of three trials for each pressure and contraction ratio (Fig. 5a). A linear trend in force output is observed past 50 kPa in each displacement evaluated and a maximum payload at 100 kPa. While previous work analyzed a single actuator, this paper investigates how parallel actuators contribute to force output and inﬂation time. To determine the resultant force difference, two actuators are placed in parallel (Fig. 4b). The comparison of a single actuator and parallel actuators is observed at a ﬁxed 0% contraction to track maximum force output for 0 kPa to 100 kPa in increments of 10 kPa. A single actuator results in a maximum payload capacity of 9.3 ±0.15 kg whereas two actuators in parallel in the same orientation and test condition result in a 45.3% increase to 13.51 ±0.31 kg payload capacity (Fig. 5b). The two actuators are tested in parallel to each other and used the same experimental setup as the single actuator. The pressure is varied from 0 kPa to 100 kPa at increments of 10 kPa. This test is repeated at different contraction percentages; 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% contraction. The maximum payload observed is of 13.52 kg and occurs at 0% contraction. 1) Constant Pressure: To verify which angle the two actuators perform best at, the angle between the two actuators is varied while maintaining a constant pressure (100 kPa) and recording the tensile force produced as seen in Fig. 4c. The two actuators are ﬁxed to a load cell at the same contact 803 Fig. 6. Time delay in actuation to the target pressure for inﬂation (a) and deﬂation (b) a with a single actuator and two parallel actuators. Fig. 7. Time delay in resultant force from actuation to the target pressure of 100 kPa for a ﬁxed rise of (a) 0.1 sec, (b) 0.2 sec, (c) 0.3 sec, and (d) 0.4 sec for a period of 1 sec. The force output over four pressure levels is shown in (e) for a period of 1 sec and rise time of 0.3 sec. point, while the distance between the actuators is varied at the bottom to provide different angles. Initially, the actuator angle is set to 0, where one actuator is positioned vertically parallel to the adjacent actuator. The angle is adjusted in increasing increments of 5from a parallel vertical position until a total angle of 30between the two actuators is obtained. This process is repeated with the actuator being held at a ﬁxed contraction percentage of 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% from its initial length. This allows the force output of the actuators to be analyzed quasi-statically as both a function of the placement angle and displacement. The results of the testing can be seen in (Fig. 5c), which show that varying the actuator angle is relatively insigniﬁcant. 2) Constant Angle: The experimental setup for the quasi- static isometric test for varying pressure uses the same housing unit as the quasi-static isometric tests for varying angles. A vice clamp is used to ﬁx the actuators in place at the bottom of the housing unit. The angle between the two actuators is ﬁxed at 5, which is the angle determined to have the greatest force by the previous quasi-static test for each level of contraction: 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% (Fig. 5c). The two actuators are ﬁxed to the load cell at the top of the housing unit at the same point. The pressure is varied from 0 kPa to 100 kPa in 10 kPa increments, while the angle between actuators is held constant and the contraction of the actuator is again ﬁxed at 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%. D. Actuator Performance Validation The SR-AFO exosuit needs sufﬁcient cycle time to inﬂate and deﬂate within a short window. To determine the inﬂation and deﬂation speeds of the soft actuators, a pressure sensor (ASDXAVX 100PGAA5, Honeywell Sensing and Produc- tivity Solutions, Charlotte, USA) is used to monitor the instantaneous pressure provided to the actuator. The pressure is held constant at the source and a solenoid valve (320 12VDC, Humphrey, USA) is opened to create inﬂation. The pressure is monitored at a baud rate of 9600 Hz and the output is evaluated for the rise time. Fig. 6 shows inﬂation and deﬂation time of both single and double actuators under no-load conditions. Observing the dynamic force response it can provide is critical in understanding how the actuator performs when used during walking. A universal tensile testing machine (UTM) (Instron 5565, Instron Corp., High Wycombe, United Kingdom) is used to measure the dynamic response of the actuators. Fig. 7a-d shows the actuator force output with various actuation times pre-deﬁned. For each instance, the actuator pressurizes for 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 sec for a ﬁxed period of 1 sec, averaged across 30 trials. A manual valve is used to ensure the actuators reach the desired pressure of 100 kPa set for each trial. Under 0% contraction and loaded conditions, the actuators are able to reliably reach the peak pressure and corresponding force output of 118.2 ±3.1 Nat an interval of 0.3 sec. Fig. 7d shows that the resultant force from the actuators becomes more accurate in both rise time and the deviation of the peak force at higher pressures when observed between 100 kPa and 40 kPa. The force returns to 0 Nat the end of each trial, suggesting that that inﬂation and deﬂation time of the actuators under load will be sufﬁcient for walking. III. CON TROL O F THE SR-AFO EXOSUIT AND PRELIMINARY HUMAN EXPERIMENTS The SR-AFO exosuit is controlled by a control box, which houses all of the electro-pneumatic components required to provide dynamic control to the SR-AFO exosuit, and allows the SR-AFO exosuit to function autonomously without con- tinuous monitoring or input from the user. The timing of the controlled perturbation for the soft actuators is critical for ensuring the user is receiving assistance in the right location at the proper interval. When this is achieved, muscle exertion of the GA and SOL muscles will be reduced in the forward swinging motion of the leg. This reduces the effort exerted during walking for the user, creating a useful solution to gait rehabilitation. The actuator will inﬂate during mid-stance, when the GA and SOL isometrically contract to activate the Achilles tendon to provide pre-tensioning for plantarﬂexion. A. Control of the SR-AFO Exosuit The control box houses the logic controller (Arduino Mega 2560 Rev3), ﬁtted with a ProtoShield to connect 804 Fig. 8. Logic control box for the SR-AFO exosuit, which controls the timing of actuation, monitors pressure levels, and collects kinematic behavioral data of the user through FSR sensors. and read analog signals from force-sensitive resistor (FSR) sensors (Interlink 406, Adafruit, New York, USA). The FSR sensors are embedded in the user’s shoe at the anterior and posterior ends of the shoe insoles to provide kinematic data information that is critical to time-events to detect heel strike and the weight shift preceding pre-swing. A 12V, 5000 mAh LiPo Battery is used to power the system. A custom voltage regulator board is used to step the voltage down to 5V to power both the logic board and the pressure sensors (ASDXAVX 100PGAA5, Honeywell Sensing and Productivity Solutions, Charlotte, USA), which monitor the resulting pressure throughout operation. A portable air com- pressor (Model 8010A, California Air Tools, USA) is used to provide a pneumatic actuation source and is controlled through the use of 3-way, 2-channeled solenoid values (320 12VDC, Humphrey, USA), which activate during speciﬁed times in the human gait cycle to provide instantaneous pressure to the actuators through the tether (Fig. 8). The valves are powered through MOSFETs (IRF520 MOSFET Driver Module) which connect the signal from the logic controller to the 12V power rail. The housing of the control box is made from a custom 3D printed PLA design to house all of the electro-pneumatic components. LEDs are used as indicators once the lid of the control black box is closed to provide information to the user regarding the current state or status of the system. A power switch is provided on the side of the box to shut down the system and safely disconnect from battery power when not in use. B. Human Experiments A total of three healthy participants are recruited for this preliminary study [ages: 21 - 26 years, weight: 60.5 - 65.8 kg, height: 1.67 - 1.72 m]. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Arizona State University (STUDY00004351). In preparation for the walking trials, surface EMG sensors (Bagnoli Desktop System, Delsys, Natick, MA) are used to monitor the tibialis anterior (TA), Fig. 9. Controller logic based on bang-bang control, based on input from the FSR, producing inﬂation in the actuator when FSR passes a threshold. Fig. 10. State of the system during a single gait cycle going from heel strike to heel strike showing the threshold being reached prior to the active range of the actuator which spans from mid-stance to pre-swing. GA, and SOL throughout the duration of the trials after the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) and the muscle activity during relaxation is collected as per standard Interna- tional Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) protocols [28]. Ankle angle in the sagittal plane for ankle Dorsiﬂexion-Plantarﬂexion (DP) is tracked throughout the trials using a wireless dual-axis goniometer (SG110, Biomet- rics Ltd, UK). All data is streamed through a motion capture system (Bonita 10, VICON Inc., Los Angeles, CA), and the participant dons a custom shoe retroﬁtted with FSR sensors as described in section II.E. The participant is asked to walk on a split-belt treadmill (Bertec Treadmill, Columbus, OH, USA) for two minutes prior to data collection to allow for acclimation to the repetitive and controlled treadmill walking and speed. This time is used to let the participant select a comfortable walking speed which ranged between 1.0 m/s and 1.2 m/sfor the three participants. The participant is asked to stand naturally with even weight distribution on each foot. Bodyweight and applied force on the FSR sensor in the shoe is recorded, and the threshold is set at 10% above this calibrated value for the FSR in the toe to detect the weight shift and transition out of mid-stance during walking (Fig. 10). Three walking trials are performed for each participant with 1) no SR-AFO exosuit, 2) the donned passive SR-AFO exosuit, and 3) the SR-AFO exosuit active. During each walking trial, the participant is asked to walk on the treadmill at their selected walking speed 805 Fig. 11. Average EMG data for individual steps collected and averaged over 2 minute walking trials, shown here for a representative subject. The EMG signal for the GA muscle is shown in (a), for the SOL in (b) and the TA in (c). Fig. 12. Average ankle angle for DP across each two minute walking trial, with SR-AFO exosuit passive, active, and with no SR-AFO exosuit for all three healthy participants. for the aforementioned experimental setups with a 1 min resting period between trials. For each participant, the trials are averaged across the duration of each step, synchronizing heel strike as the start of the gait cycle for the right foot. Heel strike is detected via the force plates in the split-belt treadmill. The difference between muscle activity recorded with no SR-AFO exosuit and the passive SR-AFO exosuit was negligible. During the trials where the SR-AFO exosuit was active, muscle activity reduction is seen in the GA, and SOL while the TA increases slightly during swing most likely due to the hysteresis in the system deﬂating during that window. The reduction is calculated by taking the area under the curve between the average of the trials with and without SR-AFO exosuit assistance between 40% and 60% of the gait cycle. Average GA reduction observed for the three participants was TABLE II WALKI NG SP EE DS A ND M US CL E RE DU CT IO N FO R EAC H PART IC IPA NT 13.4%, and the average reduction for SOL was measured at 16.6% (Fig. 11). The reduction of each participant is shown in Table II. The reduction observed during this window of gait indicates that the SR-AFO exosuit is able to provide assistance to the user during late stance by taking effort away from the primary two muscles responsible for powering this critical stage of the gait cycle. The increase in the TA muscle is anticipated due to its antagonistic behavior in relation to the actuation for plantarﬂexion assistance provided. The angle of the ankle is monitored for DP and syn- chronized across the gait cycle starting with heel strike, and averaged across each 2 minute trial. With no SR-AFO exosuit, the average DP range of motion is observed at 31.27, while the passive SR-AFO exosuit trials showed an ankle DP ROM of 29.83. This falls within 0.57% difference from the 30required ROM for ankle DP angle during gait. When the SR-AFO exosuit is providing active assistance, the average ROM in ankle DP is observed at 30.54, which meets the minimum aforementioned requirement and falls within 2.3% difference from the original ROM with no SR-AFO exosuit. An increase in maximum dorsiﬂexion angle was recorded with the passive SR-AFO exosuit and active SR- AFO exosuit, while a decrease in maximum plantarﬂexion is observed. The increased dorsiﬂexion angle during active stance is likely a compensatory motion by the user due to the presence of the SR-AFO exosuit, which is supported by the increased TA muscle activity during this window (40% - 60%). Decreased plantarﬂexion during late stance can likely be attributed to an increased pretension effect caused by the actuators, where the user does not need to push off with their toe as far as they previously needed to without the SR-AFO exosuit. The negligible change in muscle effort for GA and SOL during this period can help support this hypothesis and suggests the SR-AFO exosuit was able to provide assistance to the healthy subjects for plantarﬂexion. IV. DISCUSSION This paper presents the design of the SR-AFO exosuit for plantarﬂexion assistance, characterization of actuator properties and behaviors, and preliminary results for walking trials of healthy participants. The design is lightweight and form-ﬁtting for the user and can be easily worn over a variety of athletic shoes of various sizes. The actuators are characterized for payload capacity for a single actuator, and two actuators in parallel. When an additional actuator is used, the payload capacity increases 45.3% to produce a 13.51 ± 0.31 kg payload when inﬂated to 100 kPa. Three healthy participants are recruited to participate in a walking study, 806 with no SR-AFO exosuit, the SR-AFO exosuit passive, and the SR-AFO exosuit active and providing assistance. EMG sensors and a wireless goniometer were used to monitor the muscle activity and kinematics of the ankle joint. The actuators are inﬂated during the window of late stance (40% - 60% of the gait cycle). During this window, a reduction of 13.4% is seen for the GA, and 16.6% for the SOL. There is a slight increase in the TA muscle during this stage as well as through the swing phase, however, this is anticipated as there may be some residual energy still stored in the system. The ankle angle is able to verify that the minimum ROM for ankle DP for normal walking (30) is still maintained throughout gait, with a slightly offset proﬁle that does not affect muscle reduction. These preliminary results suggest that the SR-AFO exosuit would be an effective assistive device for plantarﬂexion for impaired user testing in the future. Future work will consist of the inclusion of further sensory information about the system, such as embedding wireless Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors for continuous ankle angle monitoring, as well as developing algorithms to provide pressure sensor feedback control based on the ankle’s current position and stage of the gait cycle. 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Key attributes such as technical simplicity, financial cost, power efficiency, size limitations, accuracy, and reliability are compared for all actuator groups. Statistical findings show that rotary electric motors (which are the most common actuator type within collated literature) and compliant actuators (such as elastic and springs) would be the most suitable actuators for a low-cost implementation. From these results, a possible actuator design will be proposed making use of both rotary electric motors and compliant actuators. ... Pneumatic actuators are made of pneumatic cylinders or cylinder-like elements with enclosed pistons that can be powered and driven using external air compressors. 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Yes [131,146,[174][175][176] No [11,38,49,50,62,63,[88][89][90][91][92][93][95][96][97][98][99][132][133][134][135]142,179,[190][191][192][193][194][195][196][197][198][199][200][201]203] Pneumatic Cylinders Yes [43,[166][167][168][169][170][171] Exosuit Pneumatic Source (Soft Fabric Actuator) No [156,232] Soft Fiber Braided Bending Actuator No [211] Electric Brushed DC Motors Yes [115,172] No [86,121] Brushless DC Motors Yes [37,39,40,42,57,65,66,[76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][100][101][102][111][112][113]117,118,122,123,127,[157][158][159][160]178,[184][185][186][187] No [64,[103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110]116,124,125,129,143,[147][148][149][150][151][161][162][163][164][165]210] Servo DC Motors Yes [74,75,87,119,120,144,145,177] No [141] Servo AC Motors No [53,58,[68][69][70][71][72][73][180][181][182][183]202,204] Stepper Motor No [189] Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Motors No [85] Electromechanical DC Voice Coil Actuator No [154,155] Electrohydraulic Hybrid Drive System Yes [173] No [138][139][140] Electric Motors (Type Not Specified) Yes [56,114] No [41,126,128] ... 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Algorithm Begin 1.Take maximum number of nodes as input. Is there a way (an algorithm) to calculate the adjacency matrix respective to the transitive reflexive closure of the graph G in a O(n^4) time? We will also see the application of Floyd Warshall in determining the transitive closure of a given graph. [1,2] The subroutine floyd_warshall takes a directed graph, and calculates its transitive closure, which will be returned. в лекции, индексы от 1 до п, но здесь, вы должны идти от 0 до N-1, поэтому rangeфункция должна быть range(0,n)или, более сжато range(n)(также, это return aне М). warshall's algorithm to find transitive closure of a directed acyclic graph. It can also be used to for finding the Transitive Closure of graph and detecting negative weight cycles in the graph. Transitive closure: Basically for determining reachability of nodes. Enjoy. Floyd Warshall Algorithm is used to find the shortest distances between every pair of vertices in a given weighted edge Graph. Floyd-Warshall Algorithm is an algorithm for solving All Pairs Shortest path problem which gives the shortest path between every pair of vertices of the given graph. The given graph is actually modified, so be sure to pass a copy of the graph to the routine if you need to keep the original graph. In any Directed Graph, let's consider a node i as a starting point and another node j as ending point. Reachable mean that there is a path from vertex i to j. The above theorems give us a method to find the transitive closure of a relation. I have the attitude of a learner, the courage of an entrepreneur and the thinking of an optimist, engraved inside me. Granted this one is super super basic and probably like the least safe thing ever (oops…), but at least it’s something! History and naming. Let me make it simpler. At the beginning of the algorithm we are assigning one two dimensional matrix whose total rows and total columns are equal to number of vertex V each. In this article, we will begin our discussion by briefly explaining about transitive closure and the Floyd Warshall Algorithm. o We know that some relations have these properties and some don't. For a better understading, look at the below attached picture where the major changes occured when k=2. For each j from 1 to n For each i from 1 to n If T(i,j)=1, then form the Boolean or of row i and row j and replace row i by it. R is given by matrices R and S below. Let the given graph be: Follow the steps below to find the shortest path between all the pairs of vertices. View Directed Graphs.pptx.pdf from CS 25100 at Purdue University. I've implemented Warshall's algorithm in a MySQL Stored Procedure. Consider an arbitrary directed graph G (that can contain self-loops) and A its respective adjacency matrix. With this article at OpenGenus, you must have the complete idea of finding the Transitive Closure Of A Graph using Floyd Warshall Algorithm. 1. For every pair (i, j) of the starting and ending vertices respectively, there are two possible cases. It uses Warshall’s algorithm (which is pretty awesome!) Iterate on equations to allocate each variable with a distinguished number. The reach-ability matrix is called transitive closure of a graph. In column 1 of $W_0$, ‘1’ is at position 1, 4. If any of the two conditions are true, then we have the required path from the starting_vertex to the ending_vertex and we update the value of output[i][j]. Solution- Step-01: Remove all the self loops and parallel edges (keeping the lowest weight edge) from the graph. Posts about side projects, classes, and codinging in general. 2. This reach-ability matrix is called transitive closure of a graph. It can then be found by the following algorithms: Floyd--Warshall algorithm. Well, for finding transitive closure, we don't need to worry about the weighted edges and we only need to see if there is a path from a starting vertex i to an ending vertex j. Is it possible to use Warshall's algorithm (calculating the transitive closure) to determine if a directed graph is acyclic or not? For calculating transitive closure it uses Warshall's algorithm. Each loop iterates for V number of times and this varies as the input V varies. The Floyd-Warshall algorithm solves this problem and can be run on any graph, as long as it doesn't contain any cycles of negative edge-weight. Transitive closure is as difficult as matrix multiplication; so the best known bound is the Coppersmith–Winograd algorithm which runs in O(n^2.376), but in practice it's probably not worthwhile to use matrix multiplication algorithms. This … Warshall algorithm is commonly used to find the Transitive Closure of a given graph G. Here is a C++ program to implement this algorithm. unordered_set is one of the most useful containers offered by the STL and provides search, insert, delete in O(1) on average. Lets consider the graph we have taken before at the beginning of this article. [1,2] The subroutine floyd_warshall takes a directed graph, and calculates its transitive closure, which will be returned. DESCRIPTION This is an implementation of the well known Floyd-Warshall algorithm. Floyd Warshall Algorithm We initialize the solution matrix same as the input graph matrix as a first step. For a heuristic speedup, calculate strongly connected components first. Here’s a link to the page. Hence that is dependent on V. So, we have the space complexity of O(V^2). Coming to the loop part, the first loop that executes is the innermost one, assigned variable name j to iterate from 0 to num_nodes. Brute force : for each i th query start dfs from queries[i][0] if you reach queries[i][1] return True else False. The Floyd–Warshall algorithm is very simple to code and really efficient in practice. Unfortunately, since it's a union of infinitely many things, it's not exactly practical to compute. // Transitive closure variant of Floyd-Warshall // input: d is an adjacency matrix for n nodes. After all the intermediate vertex ends(i.e outerloop complete iteration) we have the final transitive closure matrix ready. The formula for the transitive closure of a matrix is (matrix)^2 + (matrix). to find the transistive closure of a $n$ by $n$ matrix representing a relation and gives you $W_1, W_2 … W_n$ in the process. Last Edit: May 30, 2020 4:19 PM. Now, create a matrix A1 using matrix A0. Each execution of line 6 takes O (1) time. the parallel algorithm of Shiloach-Vishkin The time complexity is $O(\ln n)$, provided that $n + 2m$ processors are used. If yes,then update the transitive closure matrix value as 1. Designing a Binary Search Tree with no NULLs, Optimizations in Union Find Data Structure, For the first step, the solution matrix is initialized with the input adjacent matrix of the graph. The running time of the Floyd-Warshall algorithm is determined by the triply nested for loops of lines 3-6. (It’s very simple code, but at least it’s faster then multiplying matricies or doing Warshall’s Algorithm by hand!). Otherwise, it is equal to 0. As discussed in previous post, the Floyd–Warshall Algorithm can be used to for finding the transitive closure of a graph in O (V3) time. Well, for finding transitive closure, we don't need to worry about the weighted edges and we only need to see if there is a path from a starting vertex i to an ending vertex j. In this article, we have discussed about the unordered_set container class of the C++ Standard Template Library. Transitive closure of above graphs is 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Recommended: Please solve ... Floyd Warshall Algorithm can be used, we can calculate the distance matrix dist[V][V] using Floyd Warshall, if dist[i][j] is infinite, then j is not reachable from I. I'm trying to achieve this but getting stuck on the reflexive . Otherwise if k is not an intermediate vertex, we don't update anything and continue the loop. For all (i,j) pairs in a graph, transitive closure matrix is formed by the reachability factor, i.e if j is reachable from i (means there is a path from i to j) then we can put the matrix element as 1 or else if there is no path, then we can put it as 0. Fan of drinking kombucha, painting, running, and programming. Then, the reachability matrix of the graph can be given by. Transitive closure has many uses in determining relationships between things. if k is an intermediate vertex in the shortest path from i to j, then we check the condition shortest_path[i][j] > shortest_path[i][k] + shortest_path[k][j] and update shortest_path[i][j] accordingly. Stack Exchange Network. 20. sankethbk7777 94. And we have an outer loop of k which acts as the intermediate vertex. The main advantage of Floyd-Warshall Algorithm is that it is extremely simple and easy to implement. Warshall’s Algorithm † On the k th iteration ,,g p the al g orithm determine if a p ath exists between two vertices i, j using just vertices among 1,…, k allowed The program calculates transitive closure of a relation represented as an adjacency matrix. As per the algorithm, the first step is to allocate O(V^2) space as another two dimensional array named output and copy the entries in edges_list to the output matrix. Otherwise, those cycles may be used to construct paths that are arbitrarily short (negative length) between certain pairs of nodes and the algorithm … Similarly we have three loops nested together for the main iteration. # Python Program for Floyd Warshall Algorithm # Number of vertices in the graph V = 4 # Define infinity as the large enough value. Warshall algorithm is commonly used to find the Transitive Closure of a given graph G. I’ve been trying out a few Udacity courses in my spare time, and after the first unit of CS253 (Web applications), I decided to try my hand at making one! Lets name it as, Next we need to itrate over the number of nodes from {0,1,.....n} one by one by considering them. 1.4K VIEWS. Is It Transitive Calculator In Math The graph is given in the form of adjacency matrix say ‘graph[V][V]’ where graph[i][j] is 1 if there is an edge from vertex i to vertex j or i is equal to j, otherwise graph[i][j] is 0. It's the same as calculating graph transitive closure. The row and the column are indexed as i and j respectively. Transitive closure - Floyd Warshall with detailed explaination - python ,c++, java. Transitive closure is as difficult as matrix multiplication; so the best known bound is the Coppersmith–Winograd algorithm which runs in O(n^2.376), but in practice it's probably not worthwhile to use matrix multiplication algorithms. I am trying to calculate a transitive closure of a graph. The Overflow Blog Podcast 259: from web comics to React core with Rachel Nabors If a directed graph is given, determine if a vertex j is reachable from another vertex i for all vertex pairs (i, j) in the given graph. The Floyd–Warshall algorithm is an example of dynamic programming, and was published in its currently recognized form by Robert Floyd in 1962. Data structures using C, Here we solve the Warshall’s algorithm using C Programming Language. o The question here is: how can we turn a relation into Hence we have a time complexity of O(V^3). This Java program is to implement the Floyd-Warshall algorithm.The algorithm is a graph analysis algorithm for finding shortest paths in a weighted graph with positive or negative edge weights (but with no negative cycles) and also for finding transitive closure of a relation R. Step … This reach-ability matrix is called transitive closure of a graph. In the given graph, there are neither self edges nor parallel edges. Background and Side Story . More on transitive closure here transitive_closure. is there a way to calculate it in O(log(n)n^3)?The transitive reflexive closure is defined by: O(m) Initialize and do warshall algorithm on the graph. i and j are the vertices of the graph. // Transitive closure variant of Floyd-Warshall // input: d is an adjacency matrix for n nodes. History and naming. I am trying to calculate a transitive closure of a graph. This is an implementation of the well known Floyd-Warshall algorithm. Symmetric closure: The symmetric closure of a binary relation R on a set X is the smallest symmetric relation on X that contains R. For example, if X is a set of airports and xRy means "there is a direct flight from airport x to airport y", then the symmetric closure of R is the relation "there is a direct flight either from x to y or from y to x". 3. Element (i,j) in the matrix is equal to 1 if the pair (i,j) is in the relation. First of all we have to check if there is a direct edge from i to j (output[i][j], in the given code) or there is an intermediate edge through k,i.e. Warshall algorithm is commonly used to find the Transitive Closure of a given graph G. Here is a C++ program to implement this algorithm. Warshall's algorithm uses the adjacency matrix to find the transitive closure of a directed graph.. Transitive closure . Is it even possible to use Warshall's algorithm to calculate canonical LR(1) closures, or is it only possible for more restricted cases (like LR(0), SLR(1), etc.)? Floyd Warshall Algorithm We initialize the solution matrix same as the input graph matrix as a first step. It seems to me that even if I know the transitive closure of any given LR item I still need to go through all the same computation just to figure out what the lookahead set for each item is. we need to check two conditions and check if any of them is true. /***** You can use all the programs on www.c-program-example.com* for … Browse other questions tagged python algorithm or ask your own question. d[i][i] should be initialized to 1. The Floyd–Warshall algorithm is an example of dynamic programming, and was published in its currently recognized form by Robert Floyd in 1962. (Not at the same time.). Transitive closure: Basically for determining reachability of nodes. We have explored this in depth. We have taken the user input in edges_list matrix as explained in the above code. Lets consider this graph as an example (the picture depicts the graph, its adjacency and connectivity matrix): Using Warshall's algorithm, which i found on this page, I generate this connectivity matrix (=transitive closure? For a heuristic speedup, calculate strongly connected components first. Warshall's and Floyd's Algorithms Warshall's Algorithm. The algorithm thus runs in time θ(n 3). Sad thing was that if I just programmed this instead, I probably would have been ale to make the movie! The idea is to one by one pick all vertices and updates all shortest paths which include the picked vertex as an intermediate vertex in the shortest path. 1. Vote for Abhijit Tripathy for Top Writers 2021: math.h header file is a widely used C utility that we can use in C language to perform various mathematical operations like square root, trigonometric functions and a lot more. Different Basic Sorting algorithms. The algorithm thus runs in time θ(n 3). The steps involved in this algorithm is similar to the Floyd Warshall method with only one difference of the condition to be checked when there is an intermediate vertex k exits between the starting vertex and the ending vertex. If there is no path from ith vertex to jthvertex, the cell is left as infinity. Then we update the solution matrix by considering all vertices as an intermediate vertex. The Algebraic Path Problem Calculator What is it? Example: Apply Floyd-Warshall algorithm for constructing the shortest path. (I realized I forgot to do a problem on transistive closures until a few moments before submitting /planned movie watching). Step-by-step Solutions » Walk through homework problems step-by-step from beginning to end. O(m) Initialize and do warshall algorithm on the graph. This j-loop is inside i-loop , where i ranges from 0 to num_nodes too. Floyd-Warshall Algorithm is an example of dynamic programming. Unfortunately the procedure takes a long time to complete. Know when to use which one and Ace your tech interview! warshall's algorithm to find transitive closure of a directed acyclic graph. Warshall’s algorithm enables to compute the transitive closure of the adjacency matrix of any digraph. The running time of the Floyd-Warshall algorithm is determined by the triply nested for loops of lines 3-6. Lets consider this graph as an example (the picture depicts the graph, its adjacency and connectivity matrix): Using Warshall's algorithm, which i found on this page, I generate this connectivity matrix (=transitive closure? Warshalls Algorithm Warshall’s Algorithm is a graph analysis algorithm for finding shortest paths in a weighted graph with positive or negative edge weights (but with no negative cycles, see below) and also for finding transitive closure of a relation R. 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