Assisting Forearm Function in Children With Movement Disorders via A Soft Wearable Robot With Equilibrium-Point Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Wearable robots are envisioned to amplify the independence of people with movement impairments by providing daily physical assistance. For portable, comfortable, and safe devices, soft pneumatic-based robots are emerging as a potential solution. However,
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Joint Angle Estimation of a Tendon-Driven Soft Wearable Robot through a Tension and Stroke Measurement [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 The size of a device and its adaptability to human properties are important factors in developing a wearable device. In wearable robot research, therefore, soft materials and tendon transmissions have been utilized to make robots compact and adaptable to
Byungchul Kim, Jiwon Ryu, Kyu-Jin Cho
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IEEE Access, 2018 With the development of the artificial intelligence (AI), the AI applications have influenced and changed people's daily life greatly. Here, a wearable affective robot that integrates the affective robot, social robot, brain wearable, and Wearable 2.0 is
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Effect of a soft wearable robot suit with hip extensor assistance on gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a study protocol [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundParkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor deficits and gait disturbances. While medication offers symptomatic relief, long-term complications and gradual functional decline remain significant ...
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Development of a comfort suit-type soft-wearable robot with flexible artificial muscles for walking assistance [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Anchoring components are added to wearable robots to ensure a stable interaction between the suits and the human body and to minimize the displacement of the suits.
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Wearable Robot Design Optimization Using Closed-Form Human–Robot Dynamic Interaction Model [PDF]
SensorsWearable robots are emerging as a viable and effective solution for assisting and enabling people who suffer from balance and mobility disorders.
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A soft 3-DOF interaction force measurement system for estimating the biomechanical effects of a soft wearable robot on the human joint [PDF]
Wearable TechnologiesRecent advancements in wearable robots have focused on developing soft, compliant, and lightweight structures to provide comfort for the users and to achieve the primary function of assisting body motions. The interaction forces induced by physical human-
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Synchronized Tactile Stimulation on Upper Limbs Using a Wearable Robot for Gait Assistance in Patients With Parkinson's Disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 This study aimed to investigate whether using a wearable robot applying interactive rhythmic stimulation on the upper limbs of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) could affect their gait.
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Effective and comfortable chain-linking anchoring with anisotropic stiffness for soft wearable robots [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study presents a wearable robot equipped with a novel anchoring structure designed to improve both force transmission efficiency and user comfort. While soft wearable robots are inherently more comfortable than rigid exoskeletons, they often suffer ...
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Wearable Sensors for Human–Robot Walking Together [PDF]
Robotics, 2019 Thanks to recent technological improvements that enable novel applications beyond the industrial context, there is growing interest in the use of robots in everyday life situations.
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