Background and objectives: Wearable technologies have added completely new and fast
emerging tools to the popular field of personal gadgets. Aside from being fashionable and …

Exoskeletons and exosuits have witnessed unprecedented growth in recent years,
especially in the medical and industrial sectors. In order to be successfully integrated into …

Major challenges of controlling human–robot collaboration (HRC)-oriented modular robot
manipulators (MRMs) include the estimation of human motion intention while cooperating …

Measurements of pressure distribution on physical human–robot interfaces are crucial for
ensuring the comfort and safety of human–exoskeleton interactions. To address this need …

(1) Background: A sustainable casting system that combines the use of a polystyrene bag, a
prosthetic liner and a vacuum system was developed to reduce fabrication time while …

Lower limb exoskeletons and orthoses have been increasingly used to assist the user
during gait rehabilitation through torque transmission and motor stability. However, the …

For the application background of physical human robot interaction (pHRI), a novel
decentralized position/torque control scheme of modular robot manipulators (MRMs) is …

Even the best wearable robots face challenges with power losses in the system, especially
at the physical attachment interface. While some sources for power loss are inherent to the …

Wearable device performance is dependent on physical attachment points where the
viscoelastic properties of soft tissue influence the nature of interaction between the human …

Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) interfaces are responsible for ensuring safe,
comfortable, and effective force transfer between wearable devices and their users …