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A review of upper-limb soft exosuit

Theoretical and Natural Science, 2023
A rigid exoskeleton has been developed for decades, and its feasibility has been proven in many areas, such as rehabilitation. Unlike the rigid exoskeleton, the soft exosuit provides a new insight for wearable robotics development and has drawn much attention as the external muscles instead of exoskeletons, especially for supporting users’ activities ...
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Soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation

2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WeRob), 2017
In the case of individuals with paresis, generation of the required knee-extension moment, so as to perform common mobility tasks, is partially lost [1], [2]. Robotic solutions such as rigid exoskeletons are often heavy and bulky and may lead to discomfort and increased dependency on supervised physical therapy.
Saivimal Sridar, Panagiotis Polygerinos
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Terrain environment classification and recognition for soft lower-limb exosuit

2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2021
Reliable environmental context prediction is critical for wearable robots (exoskeletons or prostheses) to assist terrain-adaptive locomotion. Inspired by the mechanism of human perception of the environment, the vision sensor can be introduced into the soft lower limb exosuit robot so that future environmental information can be used to improve the ...
Jiangpeng Ni, Zhuo Wang, Feng Li, Zhilong Su, Wujing Cao, Chunjie Chen 0001   +5 more
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Reducing the metabolic cost of running with a tethered soft exosuit

Science Robotics, 2017
A tethered exosuit reduces the metabolic cost of running.
G. Lee, J. Kim, F. A. Panizzolo, Y. M. Zhou, L. M. Baker, I. Galiana, P. Malcolm, C. J. Walsh   +7 more
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A Soft Wearable Exosuit Reduces the Fatigue of Biceps Brachii Muscle

2020 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), 2020
In this paper, we propose a new soft wearable exosuit for shoulder complex, which is developed to provide assistance force and reduce the muscular fatigue effectively to arms when human holds heavy loads with arms for a long time. The innovations of our work are as followings.
Zhuo Wang, Yu Zhang, Xinyu Wu 0001, Chunjie Chen 0001, Yida Liu, Enchang Liu   +5 more
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Myoelectric or Force Control? A Comparative Study on a Soft Arm Exosuit

IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022
The intention-detection strategy used to drive an exosuit is fundamental to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of the device. Yet, current literature on wearable soft robotics lacks evidence on the comparative performance of different control approaches for online intention-detection.
Nicola Lotti, Michele Xiloyannis, Francesco Missiroli, Casimir Bokranz, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli, Robert Riener, Lorenzo Masia   +7 more
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Characterisation of a soft exosuit for assistance of the elbow joint

2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WeRob), 2017
The use of fabric-based frames and Bowden cables to transmit forces and torques to the human body allows to design active assistive devices that are lighter, more comfortable and cosmetically less invasive than traditional exoskeletons. This approach has been shown to be successful in reducing the metabolic cost and muscular effort of human movements ...
Xiloyannis, M., Chiaradia, D., Frisoli, A., Masia, L.   +3 more
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Modular one-to-many clutchable actuator for a soft elbow exosuit

2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2017
Exoskeletons have been developed for a wide range of applications, from the military to the medical field, with the aim of augmenting human performance or compensating for neuromuscular deficiencies. However, to empower the high number of degrees of freedom of the human body, they often employ a high number of motors, increasing the size, weight and ...
Marco Canesi, Michele Xiloyannis, Arash Ajoudani, Antonio Bicchi, Lorenzo Masia   +4 more
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A Novel Control Method of A Soft Exosuit with Plantar Pressure Sensors

2019 IEEE 4th International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), 2019
Soft Exosuit is a kind of Lower-limb wearable robots to augment and assist the wearer’s performance. Recently, our team developed a cable-driven wearable robot named SIAT Soft Exosuit (SSEX) which can transmit assistive force to wearer’s body. Natural gait feature extraction is the key to control a Soft Exosuit.
Hongyue Hu, Kai Fang, Huanyi Guan, Xinyu Wu 0001, Chunjie Chen 0001   +4 more
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A Novel Soft Elbow Exosuit to Supplement Bicep Lifting Capacity

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
This paper investigates the design of a soft elbow exosuit capable of providing supplemental lifting assistance by reducing muscle activity of the bicep muscle. The aim is to improve the efficiency and endurance of workers who are tasked with repetitive lifting.
Carly M. Thalman, Quoc P. Lam, Pham Huy Nguyen, Saivimal Sridar, Panagiotis Polygerinos   +4 more
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