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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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Development of a Soft Exosuit for Industrial Applications

2018 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob), 2018
Wearable robotic devices and exoskeletons, that assist human beings in physically-demanding tasks have the potential to both increase productivity and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. Soft exoskeletons, known as exosuit, provide improved portability and fit.
Kiml, Yongtae G., Xiloyannis, Michele, Accoto, Dino, Masia, Lorenzo   +3 more
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A lightweight soft exosuit for gait assistance

2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013
In this paper we present a soft lower-extremity robotic exosuit intended to augment normal muscle function in healthy individuals. Compared to previous exoskeletons, the device is ultra-lightweight, resulting in low mechanical impedance and inertia. The exosuit has custom McKibben style pneumatic actuators that can assist the hip, knee and ankle.
Michael Wehner, Brendan Quinlivan, Patrick M Aubin, Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando, Michael Baumann, Leia Stirling, Kenneth Holt, Robert Wood, Conor Walsh   +8 more
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Multi-joint soft exosuit for gait assistance

2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015
Exosuits represent a new approach for applying assistive forces to an individual, using soft textiles to interface to the wearer and transmit forces through specified load paths. In this paper we present a body-worn, multi-joint soft exosuit that assists both ankle plantar flexion and hip flexion through a multiarticular load path, and hip extension ...
Alan T. Asbeck, Kai Schmidt, Ignacio Galiana, Diana Wagner, Conor J. Walsh   +4 more
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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 of
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A biologically inspired soft exosuit for walking assistance

The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2015
We present the design and evaluation of a multi-articular soft exosuit that is portable, fully autonomous, and provides assistive torques to the wearer at the ankle and hip during walking. Traditional rigid exoskeletons can be challenging to perfectly align with a wearer’s biological joints and can have large inertias, which can lead to the wearer ...
Alan T. Asbeck, Stefano M.M. De Rossi, Kenneth G. Holt, Conor J. Walsh   +3 more
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IMU-based assistance modulation in upper limb soft wearable exosuits

2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2019
Soft exosuits have advantages over their rigid counterparts in terms of portability, transparency and ergonomics. Our previous work has shown that a soft, fabric-based exosuit, actuated by an electric motor and a Bowden cable, reduced the muscular effort of the user when flexing the elbow.
Kieran, Little, Chris W, Antuvan, Michele, Xiloyannis, de Noronha, Bernardo A P S, Yongtae G, Kim, Lorenzo, Masia, Dino, Accoto   +6 more
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A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

Science Translational Medicine, 2017
Soft exosuits facilitate more normal walking after stroke.
Louis N. Awad, Jaehyun Bae, Kathleen O’Donnell, Stefano M. M. De Rossi, Kathryn Hendron, Lizeth H. Sloot, Pawel Kudzia, Stephen Allen, Kenneth G. Holt, Terry D. Ellis, Conor J. Walsh   +10 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 ...
CANESI, MARCO, Xiloyannis, M., Ajoudani, A., Bicchi, A., Masia, L.   +4 more
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Iterative Learning Control of Impedance Parameters for a Soft Exosuit

2021 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), 2021
In this paper, the human ankle impedance information will be added into the human-exosuit dynamic model, and then a human-in-the-loop control of soft exosuit is designed to provide plantar flexion assistance. The gradient-following and betterment schemes are employed to obtain a desired impedance model. The scheme can provide an auxiliary force for the
Xiang Li, Qinjian Li, Haisheng Xia, Ying Feng, Zhijun Li   +4 more
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