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Table 1 Overview and conceptual comparison of all three weight compensation methods: If an estimation is performed, the number of estimation poses needed the calculated degree of freedom of the center of mass, the usage of force/torque sensors, the costs of needed hardware, the number of parameters needed for each method, whether passive joint torques are considered, and the relative effort of calibration

From: Human arm weight compensation in rehabilitation robotics: efficacy of three distinct methods

 

Average

Full

Equilibrium

Estimation

No

Yes

Yes

#of estimation poses

No

2

1

CoM DoF calculation

1

3

0

Force/torque sensors

No

Yes

Yes

Hardware costs

Low

High

High

Number of parameters

4

8

2

Passive joint torques

No

No

Partial

Calibration effort

Low

High

Medium