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 …

Review of control strategies for lower-limb exoskeletons to assist gait

R Baud, AR Manzoori, A Ijspeert, M Bouri - Journal of NeuroEngineering …, 2021 - Springer
Background Many lower-limb exoskeletons have been developed to assist gait, exhibiting a
large range of control methods. The goal of this paper is to review and classify these control …

Textile technology for soft robotic and autonomous garments

V Sanchez, CJ Walsh, RJ Wood - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Textiles have emerged as a promising class of materials for developing wearable robots that
move and feel like everyday clothing. Textiles represent a favorable material platform for …

Lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot: A review

J Zhou, S Yang, Q Xue - Advances in Mechanical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robots (LLRERs) play a positive role in lower limb
rehabilitation and assistance for patients with lower limb disorders, and they are helpful to …

Control strategies used in lower limb exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation after brain injury: a systematic review and analysis of clinical effectiveness

J de Miguel-Fernández, J Lobo-Prat, E Prinsen… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background In the past decade, there has been substantial progress in the development of
robotic controllers that specify how lower-limb exoskeletons should interact with brain …

Voluntary control of wearable robotic exoskeletons by patients with paresis via neuromechanical modeling

G Durandau, D Farina, G Asín-Prieto… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Research efforts in neurorehabilitation technologies have been directed
towards creating robotic exoskeletons to restore motor function in impaired individuals …

Human-centred adaptive control of lower limb rehabilitation robot based on human–robot interaction dynamic model

D Shi, W Zhang, W Zhang, L Ju, X Ding - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
A rehabilitation robot can effectively alleviate the shortcomings and deficiencies of traditional
treatments. The early stages of rehabilitation training use passive control based on a …

Optimized hip–knee–ankle exoskeleton assistance at a range of walking speeds

GM Bryan, PW Franks, S Song, AS Voloshina… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Autonomous exoskeletons will need to be useful at a variety of walking speeds,
but it is unclear how optimal hip–knee–ankle exoskeleton assistance should change with …

Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke

LH Sloot, LM Baker, J Bae, F Porciuncula… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Soft robotic exosuits can provide partial dorsiflexor and plantarflexor support in
parallel with paretic muscles to improve poststroke walking capacity. Previous results …

Neuromechanical model-based adaptive control of bilateral ankle exoskeletons: Biological joint torque and electromyogram reduction across walking conditions

G Durandau, WF Rampeltshammer… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To enable the broad adoption of wearable robotic exoskeletons in medical and industrial
settings, it is crucial they can adaptively support large repertoires of movements. We …