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Muscular Activity and Physical Interaction Forces during Lower Limb Exoskeleton Use [PDF]
, 2016 Spinal cord injury (SCI) typically manifests with a loss of sensorimotor control of the lower limbs. In order to overcome som e of the disadvantages of chronic wheelchair use by such patients, robotic exoskeletons are an emerging technology that has ...
Carlson, T +4 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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Stable gait generation method for lower-limb exoskeleton based on instrumented crutches
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2023 Lower-limb exoskeletons have attracted considerable interest because they can provide impaired individuals with the ability to walk upright. Trajectory generation of walking gait is a crucial issue for lower-limb exoskeletons that has not yet been ...
Tianjiao Zheng +6 more
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Actuators, 2022 A typical man–machine coupling system could provide the wearer a coordinated and assisted movement by the lower limb exoskeleton. The process of cooperative movement relies on the accurate perception of the wearer’s human movement information and the ...
Bin Ren +3 more
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Design, control and evaluation of a low-cost active orthosis for the gait of spinal cord injured subjects [PDF]
, 2016 Robotic gait training after spinal cord injury is of high priority to maximize independence and improve the living conditions of the patients. Current rehabilitation robots are expensive and heavy, and are generally found only in the clinical environment.
Alonso Sánchez, Francisco Javier +6 more
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Biomechanical Loading as an Alternative Treatment for Tremor: A Review of Two Approaches [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Tremor is the most common movement disorder and strongly increases in incidence and prevalence with aging. Although not life threatening, upper-limb tremors hamper the independence of 65% of people suffering from them affected persons ...
Belda-Lois, Juan Manuel +4 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds +2 more
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A Human Lower Limb Mechanical Phantom for the Testing of Knee Exoskeletons
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023 The development of assistive lower-limb exoskeletons can be time-consuming. Testing prototype medical devices on vulnerable populations such as children also has safety concerns.
W. Sebastian Barrutia +2 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 +3 more
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Finite Time Robust Control of the Sit-to-Stand Movement for Powered Lower Limb Orthoses
, 2018 This study presents a technique to safely control the Sit-to-Stand movement of powered lower limb orthoses in the presence of parameter uncertainty. The weight matrices used to calculate the finite time horizon linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) gain in ...
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