The invention discloses a
lower limb exoskeleton man-
machine synchronization self-adaptive
admittance control method based on a
disturbance observer, and provides a torque-sensor-free control scheme for solving the problems that an existing
lower limb exoskeleton is large in intention recognition
delay, high in model dependence and prone to drifting of a physical sensor. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, establishing a man-
machine coupling dynamic model of a single-joint equivalent
rigid body, and uniformly representing
human body active torque, nonlinear friction and external load change as total disturbance of a
system; secondly, constructing a three-order linear extended
state observer, observing the total disturbance in real time by using a joint
encoder and a control instruction, and reconstructing a man-
machine interaction torque through a model-assisted disturbance separation strategy; furthermore, a variable parameter
admittance controller is constructed in combination with a
gait phase calculated by an
inertial measurement unit, and the virtual stiffness and the damping coefficient are dynamically adjusted according to the observed interaction torque amplitude. According to the invention, accurate
perception and compliant response to
human body motion intentions can be realized on a low-computing-power embedded platform, the phenomenon of asynchronous man-machine motion is effectively eliminated, and the comfort and walking
metabolism efficiency of a wearer are remarkably improved while the robustness of the
system is ensured.