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Walking Faster and Farther With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: Implications for Post-Stroke Gait Assistance and Rehabilitation

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2020
Objective: Soft robotic exosuits can improve the mechanics and energetics of walking after stroke. Building on this prior work, we evaluated the effects of the first prototype of a portable soft robotic exosuit.
Louis N. Awad, Pawel Kudzia, Dheepak Arumukhom Revi, Terry D. Ellis, Conor J. Walsh   +4 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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Volume Transfer: A New Design Concept for Fabric‐Based Pneumatic Exosuits

Advanced Intelligent Systems
The fabric‐based pneumatic exosuit is now a hot research topic because it is lighter and softer than traditional exoskeletons. Existing research focuses more on the mechanical properties of the exosuit (e.g., torque and speed), but less on its ...
Chendong Liu, Dapeng Yang, Jiachen Chen, Yiming Dai, Li Jiang, Hong Liu   +5 more
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Soft Wearable Robots: Development Status and Technical Challenges

Sensors, 2022
In recent years, more and more research has begun to focus on the flexible and lightweight design of wearable robots. During this process, many novel concepts and achievements have been continuously made and shown to the public, while new problems have ...
Yongjun Shi, Wei Dong, Weiqi Lin, Yongzhuo Gao   +3 more
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Programmable Fabric‐Based Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Wearables: A Review

Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.
This review summarizes recent advances in fabric soft pneumatic actuators (FSPAs), emphasizing programmable design strategies, diverse actuation deformation modes, material selection, and emerging applications. We highlight how geometric constraints, material distribution, and specialized fabrication methods govern longitudinal, bending, torsional, and
Zichao Ling, Zichun Cao, Shanshan Dong, Jie Zhang, Yadie Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit [PDF]

, 2019
Walking and running have fundamentally different biomechanics, which makes developing devices that assist both gaits challenging. We show that a portable exosuit that assists hip extension can reduce the metabolic rate of treadmill walking at 1.5 meters ...
Menard, Nicolas, Karavas, Nikos, Eckert-Erdheim, Asa, Nathanson, Danielle, Walsh, Conor J., Kim, Jinsoo, Malcolm, Philippe, Heimgartner, Roman, Revi, Dheepak Arumukhom, Lee, Giuk, Perry, David, Murphy, Patrick, Galiana, Ignacio, Choe, Dabin Kim   +13 more
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A soft, synergy-based robotic glove for grasping assistance

Wearable Technologies, 2021
This paper presents a soft, tendon-driven, robotic glove designed to augment grasp capability and provide rehabilitation assistance for postspinal cord injury patients. The basis of the design is an underactuation approach utilizing postural synergies of
Ryan Alicea, Michele Xiloyannis, Domenico Chiaradia, Michele Barsotti, Antonio Frisoli, Lorenzo Masia   +5 more
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Data‐Driven Modeling of Forces Exerted by Pneumatic Actuators for a Pediatric Exosuit

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
This work presents the experimental analysis and data‐driven modeling of the interaction forces between soft pneumatic actuators designed to assist upper‐extremity motion in a pediatric exosuit and an engineered test rig, across different experimental conditions: (A) force profiling of shoulder actuators, with varying actuator anchoring points and ...
Mehrnoosh Ayazi, Ipsita Sahin, Caio Mucchiani, Elena Kokkoni, Konstantinos Karydis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomechanical mechanisms underlying exosuit-induced improvements in walking economy after stroke [PDF]

, 2018
Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically asymmetric and metabolically expensive. Weakness and impaired control of the paretic ankle contribute to reduced forward propulsion and ground clearance—walking subtasks critical for safe and ...
Andrew Long, Ellis, Terry D., Walsh, Conor J., Hendron, Katy, Louis N. Awad, Terry D. Ellis, Awad, Louis N., Kathleen O'Donnell, Conor J. Walsh, Bae, Jaehyun, Katy Hendron, Kenneth G. Holt, Long, Andrew, O'Donnell, Kathleen, Holt, Kenneth G., Jaehyun Bae   +15 more
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Scalable High‐Force Zipping Electrostatic Actuators

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
An electrostatic actuator architecture is presented that combines high energy density with forces and strokes suited for wearable soft robotics. By folding patterned thin films into a scalable honeycomb of zipping units, performance becomes tunable through series–parallel design, achieving over 40 N and 28 J/kg.
Fabio Caruso, Amir Firouzeh, Herbert Shea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source