Over the past few decades, robotics technology and applications have attracted
considerable interest from many researchers both in academia and industry. This interest …

This research presents a practical study of active disturbance rejection control law (ADRC)
for the control of robotic manipulators in the presence of uncertainties. The control objective …

Several recent studies have indicated that upper extremity injuries are classified as a top
common workplace injury. Therefore, upper extremity rehabilitation has become a leading …

Regaining fine motor skills (FMSs; that is, the ability to make precise and coordinated
movements of fingers) is the ultimate goal of hand rehabilitation. Although robotic-assisted …

In this article, an optimal torque sharing function (TSF) control method incorporated with
improved linear active disturbance rejection control (LADRC) and modified coyote …

This paper presents a periodic event-triggered sliding mode control (SMC) scheme based
on human–robot cooperation for lower limb exoskeletons. Firstly, a Genetic Algorithm-Back …

Robots are becoming standard collaborators not only in factories, hospitals, and offices, but
also in people's homes, where they can play an important role in situations where a human …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) usually exhibit strong hysteresis nonlinearity and time-
varying features that bring PAMs modeling and control difficulties. To characterize the …

In this article, a novel underactuated finger exoskeleton is designed to assist grasping tasks
for the elderly with weak muscle strength. In mechanical design, the human finger's …

The combination of smart soft composite structure based shape memory alloy (SMA) and
exoskeleton technology has the advantages of light weight, energy saving, and great human …