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Re: Sensor for linear distance

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Originally Posted by TAlholm View Post
Alright, I got the chance to post a more in depth description.

The method for this is to track the human arm or leg and assist the recovery process by assist the movement of the arm or leg with an exoskeleton like frame. By slowing decreasing the assistance given to the arm or leg, the theory is that this could allow a way to possibly allow a faster recovery.
This might be easier accomplished using a regular old absolute encoder on the rotating joints of the exoskeleton. That way there's no risk of missing counts, and that will probably be cheaper and easier than a string potentiometer.
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