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A highly stretchable fibrous actuator with robust cyclic actuation and reprogrammable motions

InfoMat, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2025.
We developed a stretchable fibrous actuator combining shape memory alloys and elastomers. It achieves 120% stretchability, 32% actuation strain, and output forces up to 4.3 N. The actuator demonstrates robust reversibility and reprogrammable motions, which enable applications such as a fibrous robot for pipe navigation, a wearable exoskeleton, and an ...
Guangchuan Chen, Jiawei Liu, Chengliang Tao, Xiaxia Cheng, Yanfeng Hou, Yan Yang, Quanjing Mei, Shengkang Fu, Xin Xie, Jiangxin Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Modeling, Optimization, and Musculoskeletal Simulation of an Elbow–Wrist Exosuit

Robotics
The 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, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli, Daniele Leonardis   +3 more
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Analysis of walking with unilateral exoskeleton assistance compared to bilateral assistance with matched work [PDF]

, 2015
The finding of the highest negative metabolic rate versus mechanical work ratio in the Bilateral Matched Total Work condition means that if a constrained amount of mechanical work is available (e.g.
De Clercq, Dirk, Galle, Samuel, Malcolm, Philippe, Van den Berghe, Pieter   +3 more
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Integrating posture‐hour constraints into construction scheduling to enhance workforce wellbeing

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Volume 40, Issue 30, Page 6107-6126, 19 December 2025.
Abstract This study introduces a new posture‐hour‐based scheduling framework that integrates ergonomic constraints into construction planning. It shifts the traditional focus from “labor‐hours” to “posture‐hours” as a primary resource unit. The novelty lies in (1) defining and formulating this new problem in practical construction settings and (2 ...
Kai Qi, Ming Lu
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting Paretic Propulsion and Walking Speed With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: A Consideration-of-Concept Trial

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021
Background: Soft robotic exosuits can facilitate immediate increases in short- and long-distance walking speeds in people with post-stroke hemiparesis.
Franchino Porciuncula, Franchino Porciuncula, Teresa C. Baker, Dheepak Arumukhom Revi, Dheepak Arumukhom Revi, Jaehyun Bae, Jaehyun Bae, Regina Sloutsky, Terry D. Ellis, Conor J. Walsh, Louis N. Awad, Louis N. Awad   +11 more
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JNER at 15 years: analysis of the state of neuroengineering and rehabilitation. [PDF]

, 2019
On JNER's 15th anniversary, this editorial analyzes the state of the field of neuroengineering and rehabilitation. I first discuss some ways that the nature of neurorehabilitation research has evolved in the past 15 years based on my perspective as ...
Reinkensmeyer, David J
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Wearable Bioelectronics for Home‐Based Monitoring and Treatment of Muscle Atrophy

Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 33, September 4, 2025.
As an inevitable disease, muscle atrophy has received more attention. Because the factors that induce this disease are diverse, achieving a complete cure is still impossible. Wearable bioelectronics provides a more comfortable, low‐cost, and efficient way of home care for the monitoring and treatment of muscle atrophy. Therefore, this review summarizes
Shuai Zhang, Renjie Tan, Shuo Meng, Ke Zhang, Jinlian Hu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Model-based myoelectric control of robots for assistance and rehabilitation [PDF]

, 2020
The first anthropomorphic robots and exoskeletons were developed with the idea of combining man and machine into an intimate symbiotic unit that can perform as one joint system.
Lotti, Nicola
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ROV Teleoperation in the Presence of Cross‐Currents Using Soft Haptics

Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 2580-2593, September 2025.
ABSTRACT The remote operation of underwater vehicles at depth is complicated by the presence of invisible and unpredictable environmental disturbances such as cross‐currents. Communicating the presence of these disturbances to an operator on the surface is made more difficult by the nature of the disturbances and the lack of visible features to ...
Joshua Brown, Ildar Farkhatdinov, Michael Jenkin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Individualized, targeted, and intense training is the hallmark of successful gait rehabilitation in people post-stroke. Specifically, increasing use of the impaired ankle to increase propulsion during the stance phase of gait has been linked ...
Krithika Swaminathan, Franchino Porciuncula, Sungwoo Park, Harini Kannan, Julien Erard, Nicholas Wendel, Teresa Baker, Terry D. Ellis, Louis N. Awad, Conor J. Walsh   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source