Lower limb exoskeleton sensors: state-of-the-art

S Neťuková, M Bejtic, C Malá, L Horáková, P Kutílek… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the ever-increasing proportion of older people in the total population and the growing
awareness of the importance of protecting workers against physical overload during long …

Exoskeletons: A challenge for development

K Bengler, CM Harbauer, M Fleischer - Wearable Technologies, 2023 - cambridge.org
The development of exoskeletons is currently a lengthy process full of challenges. We are
proposing a framework to accelerate the process and make the resulting exoskeletons more …

Development and testing of a wearable passive lower-limb support exoskeleton to support industrial workers

Z Yan, B Han, Z Du, T Huang, O Bai, A Peng - … and Biomedical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A custom-designed, wearable, lightweight, and passive exoskeleton was proposed to
provide gravity support for industrial workers to reduce prevalence of musculoskeletal …

Muscle coordination and recruitment during squat assistance using a robotic ankle–foot exoskeleton

H Jeong, P Haghighat, P Kantharaju, M Jacobson… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Squatting is an intensive activity routinely performed in the workplace to lift and lower loads.
The effort to perform a squat can decrease using an exoskeleton that considers individual …

Lower limb exoskeleton robots' dynamics parameters identification based on improved beetle swarm optimization algorithm

P Zhang, J Zhang - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
Efficient and high-precision identification of dynamic parameters is the basis of model-based
robot control. Firstly, this paper designed the structure and control system of the developed …

A State-of-the-Art of Exoskeletons in Line with the WHO's Vision on Healthy Aging: From Rehabilitation of Intrinsic Capacities to Augmentation of Functional Abilities

RA Gavrila Laic, M Firouzi, R Claeys, I Bautmans… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global aging population faces significant health challenges, including an increasing
vulnerability to disability due to natural aging processes. Wearable lower limb exoskeletons …

Development of nonmotorized mechanisms for lower limb rehabilitation

RS Gonçalves, LAO Rodrigues - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper concerns with the development of three nonmotorized individual lower limb joints
rehabilitation mechanisms based on a four-bar linkage, and mechanical movement …

End-to-end high-level control of lower-limb exoskeleton for human performance augmentation based on deep reinforcement learning

R Zheng, Z Yu, H Liu, J Chen, Z Zhao, L Jia - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel end-to-end controller for the lower-limb exoskeleton for human
performance augmentation (LEHPA) systems based on deep reinforcement learning …

Preventing and monitoring work-related diseases in firefighters: A literature review on sensor-based systems and future perspectives in robotic devices

J Taborri, S Pasinetti, L Cardinali, F Perroni… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the necessity to prevent work-related diseases has led to the use of sensor-
based systems to measure important features during working activities. This topic achieved …

Evaluation of physical interaction during walker-assisted gait with the AGoRA Walker: Strategies based on virtual mechanical stiffness

SD Sierra M, M Múnera, T Provot, M Bourgain… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smart walkers are commonly used as potential gait assistance devices, to provide physical
and cognitive assistance within rehabilitation and clinical scenarios. To understand such …