TY - JFULL AU - M.R. Safizadeh and M. Hussein and K. F. Samat and M.S. Che Kob and M.S. Yaacob and M.Z. Md Zain PY - 2010/1/ TI - Kinematic Analysis of an Assistive Robotic Leg for Hemiplegic and Hemiparetic Patients T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 1472 EP - 1479 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10517 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 48, 2010 N2 - The aim of this paper is to present the kinematic analysis and mechanism design of an assistive robotic leg for hemiplegic and hemiparetic patients. In this work, the priority is to design and develop the lightweight, effective and single driver mechanism on the basis of experimental hip and knee angles- data for walking speed of 1 km/h. A mechanism of cam-follower with three links is suggested for this purpose. The kinematic analysis is carried out and analysed using commercialized MATLAB software based on the prototype-s links sizes and kinematic relationships. In order to verify the kinematic analysis of the prototype, kinematic analysis data are compared with the experimental data. A good agreement between them proves that the anthropomorphic design of the lower extremity exoskeleton follows the human walking gait. ER -