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This paper presents a sensor fusion strategy to estimate the absolute position and to identify the gait events of an active ankle-foot orthosis (AAFO). Sensor fusion is implemented using a Kalman filter with the signals of a gyroscope and an accelerometer, both present in an inertial measurement unit (IMU), besides the signals of three force sensitive resistors (FSRs) mounted in a sole of shoe. For...