A Soft-Inflatable Exosuit for Knee Rehabilitation: Assisting Swing Phase During Walking [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 In this paper, we present a soft-inflatable exosuit to assist knee extension during gait training for stroke rehabilitation. The soft exosuit is designed to provide 25% of the knee moment required during the swing phase of the gait cycle and is ...
Panagiotis Polygerinos +2 more
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ViT-based Terrain Recognition System for wearable soft exosuit [PDF]
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2023 Terrain classification and force assistance strategies in complex environments have always piqued the interest of many researchers. For wearable soft exosuits, inaccurate terrain recognition can easily introduce undesired assist forces that can easily ...
Fangliang Yang +6 more
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Dynamic Field-Programmable Logic-Driven Soft Exosuit [PDF]
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 20 pages, 9 ...
Frances Cleary +3 more
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Force and Torque Characterization in the Actuation of a Walking-Assistance, Cable-Driven Exosuit [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Soft exosuits stand out when it comes to the development of walking-assistance devices thanks to both their higher degree of wearability, lower weight, and price compared to the bulkier equivalent rigid exoskeletons.
Daniel Rodríguez Jorge +5 more
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DESIGN OF A SOFT EXOSUIT FOR THE LOWER BACK [PDF]
8th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference, 2021 This work focuses on the design of a back exosuit for reducing musculoskeletal disorders using soft actuators. The comparison of a cable driven and pneumatically actuated exosuit is made using an anthropomorphic test rig.
Saivimal Sridar +3 more
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Evaluation of an assistive exosuit for alleviating neck and shoulder muscle fatigue during prolonged flexed neck posture [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationIntroduction Neck pain affects 203 million people globally and is prevalent in various settings due to factors like poor posture, lack of exercise, and occupational hazards.
Hang Man Cho +4 more
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Physiological and kinematic effects of a soft exosuit on arm movements [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2019 Background Soft wearable robots (exosuits), being lightweight, ergonomic and low power-demanding, are attractive for a variety of applications, ranging from strength augmentation in industrial scenarios, to medical assistance for people with motor ...
Michele Xiloyannis +3 more
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Concerted control framework for human-exoskeleton co-adaptation using ground reaction forces [PDF]
Wearable TechnologiesEffective coordination between the human neuromuscular system and wearable assistive devices remains a key challenge in enhancing gait performance. We propose a concerted control strategy synchronizing biological and artificial actuators using shared ...
Vahid Firouzi +6 more
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A Framework for Modeling, Optimization, and Musculoskeletal Simulation of an Elbow–Wrist Exosuit [PDF]
RoboticsThe light weight and compliance of exosuits are valuable benefits not present rigid exoskeleton devices, yet these intriguing features make it challenging to properly model and simulate their interaction with the musculoskeletal system.
Ali KhalilianMotamed Bonab +3 more
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Comparison of Empirical and Reinforcement Learning (RL)-Based Control Based on Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) for Walking Assistance: Does AI Always Win? [PDF]
BiomimeticsThe use of wearable assistive devices is growing in both industrial and medical fields. Combining human expertise and artificial intelligence (AI), e.g., in human-in-the-loop-optimization, is gaining popularity for adapting assistance to individuals ...
Nadine Drewing +3 more
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