To address issues such as incompatibility caused by axis misalignment between rehabilitation robots’ exoskeletons and the human body, a configuration synthesis method for redundant rehabilitation exoskeletons was proposed. Firstly, the number of redundant motion pairs was determined through global static conditions, and geometric analysis was used to reduce the number of combinations of redundant motion pair types. Secondly, based on user comfort, possible redundant motion pair axis combinations were considered and appropriate combination modes were selected. Next, the possible position arrangement of redundant motion pairs was considered to determine the optimal position arrangement based on engineering constraints.Finally, the motion of redundant motion pairs was analyzed to determine the position and posture of the exoskeleton and human body. The results indicated that the optimal configuration can achieve the same position and posture between the exoskeleton and the human body under different axes misalignment conditions, effectively overcoming the problem of kinematic incompatibility.
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