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Individually optimized exosuit
Science, 2018Medical Robots Like a regular suit, a wearable exosuit can be customized for the individual. Ding et al. tested a hip-extension device on eight adult male volunteers. The device reduced the energy required to walk, and the authors' approach tailored the assistance for each wearer.
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Assessment of an upper limb exosuit with textile coupling
2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), 2020Exoskeletons are human-machine interaction devices that can either assist or oppose the user’s motion. Soft exoskeletons are lightweight devices whose lack of rigid pieces provides them with soft behaviour. These exosuits use textiles and soft actuation mechanisms to enhance compliance and comfort during user interaction.
José Luis Samper-Escudero +5 more
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Solving the surgeon ergonomic crisis with surgical exosuit
Surgical Endoscopy, 2017The widespread adoption of laparoscopic surgery has put new physical demands on the surgeon leading to increased musculoskeletal disorders and injuries. Shoulder, back, and neck pains are among the most common complaints experienced by laparoscopic surgeons.
Shanglei Liu +7 more
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Development of a soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017This paper presents the design, development and preliminary evaluation of a soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation. Soft-inflatable actuators made of heat-sealable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials are fabricated in two different beam-like structures (I and O cross-section actuators) and mechanically characterized for their torque ...
Saivimal Sridar +4 more
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Multi-joint soft exosuit for gait assistance
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015Exosuits represent a new approach for applying assistive forces to an individual, using soft textiles to interface to the wearer and transmit forces through specified load paths. In this paper we present a body-worn, multi-joint soft exosuit that assists both ankle plantar flexion and hip flexion through a multiarticular load path, and hip extension ...
Alan T. Asbeck +4 more
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Design and embedded control of a soft elbow exosuit
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2018The use of soft materials to transmit power to the human body has numerous advantages, amongst which safety and kinematic transparency stand out. In previous work we showed that a tethered fabric-based exosuit for the elbow joint, driven by an electric motor through a Bowden cable transmission, reduces the muscular effort associated with flexion ...
Domenico Chiaradia +4 more
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ExoFlex: An Upper-Limb Cable-Driven Exosuit
2019This paper presents ExoFlex, an upper-limb flexible exoskeleton (exosuit) intended for assistance in elbow and shoulder rehabilitation therapies. The soft nature of the device allows it to easily adapt to human biomechanics. The presented exosuit is equipped with a cable-driven transmission in which torque is generated by two direct current (DC) motors.
David Pont +7 more
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A review of upper-limb soft exosuit
Theoretical and Natural Science, 2023A rigid exoskeleton has been developed for decades, and its feasibility has been proven in many areas, such as rehabilitation. Unlike the rigid exoskeleton, the soft exosuit provides a new insight for wearable robotics development and has drawn much attention as the external muscles instead of exoskeletons, especially for supporting users’ activities ...
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Soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation
2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WeRob), 2017In the case of individuals with paresis, generation of the required knee-extension moment, so as to perform common mobility tasks, is partially lost [1], [2]. Robotic solutions such as rigid exoskeletons are often heavy and bulky and may lead to discomfort and increased dependency on supervised physical therapy.
Saivimal Sridar, Panagiotis Polygerinos
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