@misc{Olinski_Michał_Design, author={Olinski, Michał and Gronowicz, Antoni and Handke, Artur and Ceccarelli, Marco}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Zielona Góra: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski}, language={eng}, abstract={The paper is focused on designing a novel controllable and adjustable mechanism for reproducing human knee joint?s complex motion by taking into account the flexion/extension movement in the sagittal plane, in combination with roll and slide. Main requirements for a knee rehabilitation supporting device are specified by researching the knee`s anatomy and already existing mechanisms.}, abstract={A three degree of freedom (3 DOF) system (four-bar like linkage with controlled variable lengths of rockers) is synthesised to perform the reference path of instantaneous centre of rotation (ICR). Finally, a preliminary design of the adaptive mechanism is elaborated and a numerical model is built in Adams. Numerical results are derived from simulations that are presented to evaluate the accuracy of the reproduced movement and the mechanism`s capabilities.}, type={artykuł}, title={Design and characterization of a novel knee articulation mechanism}, keywords={knee joint, 3 DOF linkage, synthesis, optimization, numerical experiments}, }