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A Novel Lightweight Wearable Soft Exosuit for Reducing the Metabolic Rate and Muscle Fatigue

Biosensors, 2021
Wearable robotic devices have been proved to considerably reduce the energy expenditure of human walking. It is not only suitable for healthy people, but also for some patients who require rehabilitation exercises.
Lingxing Chen, Chunjie Chen, Zhuo Wang, Xin Ye, Yida Liu, Xinyu Wu   +5 more
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A Portable Waist-Loaded Soft Exosuit for Hip Flexion Assistance with Running

Micromachines, 2022
The soft exosuit is an emerging robotics, which has been proven to considerably reduce the metabolic consumption of human walking and running. However, compared to walking, relatively few soft exosuits have been studied for running.
Lingxing Chen, Chunjie Chen, Xin Ye, Zhuo Wang, Yao Liu, Wujing Cao, Shaocong Chen, Xinyu Wu   +7 more
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Lighter and Simpler Design Paradigm for Widespread Use of Ankle Exosuits Based on Bio-Inspired Patterns

Biomimetics, 2022
Soft wearable robots are attracting immense attention owing to their high usability and wearability. In particular, studies on soft exosuits have achieved remarkable progress. Walking is one of the most basic human actions in daily life.
Sungjin Park, Junyoung Moon, June il Park, Jaewook Ryu, Kimoon Nam, Jaeha Yang, Giuk Lee   +6 more
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Design, modeling, and demonstration of a new dual-mode back-assist exosuit with extension mechanism

Wearable Technologies, 2021
Occupational exoskeletons and exosuits have been shown to reduce muscle demands and fatigue for physical tasks relevant to a variety of industries (e.g., logistics, construction, manufacturing, military, healthcare).
Erik P. Lamers, Karl E. Zelik
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Effect of a Passive Exosuit on Sit-to-Stand Performance in Geriatric Patients Measured by Body-Worn Sensors—A Pilot Study

Sensors, 2023
Standing up from a seated position is a prerequisite for any kind of physical mobility but many older persons have problems with the sit-to-stand (STS) transfer.
Ulrich Lindemann, Jana Krespach, Urban Daub, Marc Schneider, Kim S. Sczuka, Jochen Klenk   +5 more
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Force and Torque Characterization in the Actuation of a Walking-Assistance, Cable-Driven Exosuit

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, Javier Bermejo García, Ashwin Jayakumar, Rafael Lorente Moreno, Rafael Agujetas Ortiz, Francisco Romero Sánchez   +5 more
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Characterizing force capability and stiffness of hip exosuits under different anchor points

PLoS ONE, 2022
Exosuits have been broadly researched owing to their benefits from soft and deformable nature. However, compared to exoskeletons, the exosuits have disadvantages in that the deformation of suit and human tissue can cause dissipation, leading to low force
Jihun Kim, Junyoung Moon, Sungjin Park, Giuk Lee   +3 more
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Reducing the energy cost of walking with low assistance levels through optimized hip flexion assistance from a soft exosuit

Scientific Reports, 2022
As we age, humans see natural decreases in muscle force and power which leads to a slower, less efficient gait. Improving mobility for both healthy individuals and those with muscle impairments/weakness has been a goal for exoskeleton designers for ...
Jinsoo Kim, Brendan T. Quinlivan, Lou-Ana Deprey, Dheepak Arumukhom Revi, Asa Eckert-Erdheim, Patrick Murphy, Dorothy Orzel, Conor J. Walsh   +7 more
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ViT-based Terrain Recognition System for wearable soft exosuit

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, Chunjie Chen, Zhuo Wang, Hui Chen, Yao Liu, Gang Li, Xinyu Wu   +6 more
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Physical interface dynamics alter how robotic exosuits augment human movement: implications for optimizing wearable assistive devices

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2017
Background Wearable assistive devices have demonstrated the potential to improve mobility outcomes for individuals with disabilities, and to augment healthy human performance; however, these benefits depend on how effectively power is transmitted from ...
Matthew B. Yandell, Brendan T. Quinlivan, Dmitry Popov, Conor Walsh, Karl E. Zelik   +4 more
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