At IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2018) held in Auckland, New Zealand, my student presented following topic.
“Biomechanical Energy Harvester with Continuously Variable Transmission: Prototyping and Preliminary Evaluation”
In this research, we are working on the development of “energy harvester” which accumulates energy while substituting brakes at braking exercise in the daily movement of a person (e.g., landing position adjustment at walking). Specifically, in order to eliminate the trade-off between the amounts of generated energy and excessive braking, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is installed. Its adjustment yields the optimization of the balance between the amounts of generated energy and excessive braking.