The invention discloses bionic variable-rigidity flexible
knee joint exoskeleton equipment and a control method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of wearable equipment. The device comprises a
thigh fixing part, a shank fixing part, a
muscle-imitating rigidity-variable driver, a transmission and joint mechanism and a nonlinear rigidity vibration
isolator, wherein the driver selectively locks the multiple
flexible fiber ropes through the
clutch mechanism, a
muscle fiber collection mechanism is simulated, and rapid graded adjustment of rigidity is achieved; a flexible beam in the joint mechanism has the nonlinear rigidity characteristic of high static and low dynamic, and both supporting and flexibility are achieved. The vibration
isolator integrates a quasi-zero stiffness unit and a tunable local vibration absorber,
broadband vibration of the driver is effectively restrained, and a
control system adaptively switches stiffness and outputs auxiliary torque by recognizing a
gait mode. The problems that in the prior art, rigidity adjustment is not bionic,
joint flexibility is poor, and vibration suppression is lacked are solved, and comprehensive
performance improvement of multi-task self-adaption, high wearing comfort and high safety is achieved.