Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance

C Siviy, LM Baker, BT Quinlivan… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in
individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with wearable devices …

A review of soft wearable robots that provide active assistance: Trends, common actuation methods, fabrication, and applications

C Thalman, P Artemiadis - Wearable Technologies, 2020 - cambridge.org
This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

Human-in-the-loop control of soft exosuits using impedance learning on different terrains

Z Li, X Li, Q Li, H Su, Z Kan, W He - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many previous works of soft wearable exoskeletons (exosuit) target at improving the human
locomotion assistance, without considering the impedance adaption to interact with the …

Design of a passive lower limb exoskeleton for walking assistance with gravity compensation

L Zhou, W Chen, W Chen, S Bai, J Zhang… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a passive lower limb exoskeleton with hip and knee joints is proposed for
walking assistance. The exoskeleton is designed with built-in spring mechanisms for gravity …

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 …

Design and optimisation of load-adaptive actuator with variable stiffness for compact ankle exoskeleton

Y Shao, W Zhang, Y Su, X Ding - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
To overcome the limitations of linear series elastic actuators (SEAs) with constant stiffness, a
novel load-adaptive actuator with variable stiffness is proposed for actuating ankle …

Effect of hip assistance modes on metabolic cost of walking with a soft exoskeleton

W Cao, C Chen, H Hu, K Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding the effects of different hip assistance modes is a fundamental step in the
process of designing hip assistance devices and controllers that can provide better …

A wearable lower limb exoskeleton: Reducing the energy cost of human movement

X Tang, X Wang, X Ji, Y Zhou, J Yang, Y Wei, W Zhang - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human body enhancement is an interesting branch of robotics. It focuses on wearable
robots in order to improve the performance of human body, reduce energy consumption and …

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 …

These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficits

LN Awad, MD Lewek, TM Kesar, JR Franz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Advances in medical diagnosis and treatment have facilitated the emergence of precision
medicine. In contrast, locomotor rehabilitation for individuals with acquired neuromotor …