From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: A systematic review

Y Sun, Y Tang, J Zheng, D Dong, X Chen… - Annual Reviews in Control, 2022 - Elsevier
As a typical application of the human-computer interaction device, the lower limb
exoskeleton has attracted many researchers' attention in recent years in an attempt to …

Soft actuators and robotic devices for rehabilitation and assistance

M Pan, C Yuan, X Liang, T Dong, T Liu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft actuators and robotic devices have been increasingly applied to the field of
rehabilitation and assistance, where safe human and machine interaction is of particular …

Suit-type wearable robot powered by shape-memory-alloy-based fabric muscle

SJ Park, CH Park - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
A suit-type wearable robot (STWR) is a new type of soft wearable robot (SWR) that can be
worn easily anywhere and anytime to assist the muscular strength of wearers because it can …

Wearable lower-limb exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of mechanical design, actuation type, control strategy, and clinical evaluation

M Sarajchi, MK Al-Hares… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Children with a neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy (CP) severely suffer from a
reduced quality of life because of decreasing independence and mobility. Although there is …

Soft wearable robots: development status and technical challenges

Y Shi, W Dong, W Lin, Y Gao - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, more and more research has begun to focus on the flexible and lightweight
design of wearable robots. During this process, many novel concepts and achievements …

Academic review and perspectives on robotic exoskeletons

G Bao, L Pan, H Fang, X Wu, H Yu… - … on Neural Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the first robotic exoskeleton was developed in 1960, this research field has attracted
much interest from both the academic and industrial communities resulting in scientific …

Exoskeleton robots for lower limb assistance: A review of materials, actuation, and manufacturing methods

F Hussain, R Goecke… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The field of robot-assisted physical rehabilitation and robotics technology for providing
support to the elderly population is rapidly evolving. Lower limb robot aided rehabilitation …

Exoskeleton use in post-stroke gait rehabilitation: A qualitative study of the perspectives of persons post-stroke and physiotherapists

J Vaughan-Graham, D Brooks, L Rose, G Nejat… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Wearable powered exoskeletons are a new and emerging technology
developed to provide sensory-guided motorized lower limb assistance enabling intensive …

A survey on soft lower limb cable-driven wearable robots without rigid links and joints

AM Khomami, F Najafi - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional wearable robots mostly consist of rigid structures connected to the human body.
Due to the inherent characteristics of human joints, it is unavoidable that the robot joints …

Optimal fuzzy logic-based control strategy for lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton

R Sharma, P Gaur, S Bhatt, D Joshi - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent times, several control engineers have been working towards development of
efficient rehabilitation exoskeletons for mobility impairments. This work aims at …