Gravity Balanced Arm Exoskeleton for Basketball Shooting Training

TL;DR

This paper introduces a gravity balanced arm exoskeleton with spring mechanisms designed to assist basketball shooting training, ensuring constant potential energy during motion for improved training effectiveness.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel gravity balanced exoskeleton design that maintains constant potential energy using springs, enhancing basketball shooting practice.

Findings

The exoskeleton maintains constant potential energy during motion.

Simulation confirms effective gravity balancing.

Spring-based design improves training consistency.

Abstract

This paper proposes a gravity balanced arm exoskeleton design for basketball shooting training. The potential energy equation of the mechanism is derived. A simulation of the arm going through the basketball shooting motion is done on the mechanism. Throughout the motion the total potential energy is constant. Thus, the proposed arm exoskeleton is indeed gravity balanced with the use of two springs.