Case Study: Hyundai Motor Company speeds development of wearable walking-assistance robotics with National Instruments LabVIEW and CompactRIO

Hyundai Wearable Robotics for Walking Assistance Offer a Full Spectrum of Mobility

Hyundai Motor Company's research center aimed to develop a complex wearable robotics device for walking assistance. Their challenge was to create a system that could handle intricate control algorithms, remotely capture data from numerous sensors simultaneously, and perform real-time control of multiple actuators for the device, all within the strict size and weight constraints of a wearable suit.

National Instruments provided the solution using its LabVIEW RIO platform, including CompactRIO. This allowed Hyundai to rapidly prototype and manage changing requirements, reducing the development and test time for new control algorithms from one month to just one week. The result was the successful creation of lightweight exoskeleton robots, including a medical model that enabled a paraplegic patient to walk after a short training period.

Hyundai Motor Company

DongJin Hyun

Hyundai Motor Company