Personalizing exoskeleton assistance while walking in the real world

P Slade, MJ Kochenderfer, SL Delp, SH Collins - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Personalized exoskeleton assistance provides users with the largest improvements in
walking speed and energy economy,–but requires lengthy tests under unnatural laboratory …

Types of Lower-Limb Orthoses for Rehabilitation and Assistance: A Systematic Review

D Huamanchahua, J Ortiz-Zacarias… - 2021 IEEE 12th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The movement problems in lower extremities resulting from accidents, paralysis,
degenerative diseases, and elderly people with loss of mobility due to muscle weakness …

Reducing the energy cost of walking with low assistance levels through optimized hip flexion assistance from a soft exosuit

J Kim, BT Quinlivan, LA Deprey, D Arumukhom Revi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
As we age, humans see natural decreases in muscle force and power which leads to a
slower, less efficient gait. Improving mobility for both healthy individuals and those with …

Application of wearable sensors in actuation and control of powered ankle exoskeletons: A Comprehensive Review

A Kian, G Widanapathirana, AM Joseph, DTH Lai… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Powered ankle exoskeletons (PAEs) are robotic devices developed for gait assistance,
rehabilitation, and augmentation. To fulfil their purposes, PAEs vastly rely heavily on their …

Lower limb biomechanics of fully trained exoskeleton users reveal complex mechanisms behind the reductions in energy cost with human-in-the-loop optimization

KL Poggensee, SH Collins - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Exoskeletons that assist in ankle plantarflexion can improve energy economy in locomotion.
Characterizing the joint-level mechanisms behind these reductions in energy cost can lead …

Experimental characterization of the T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton for gait assistance

D Gomez-Vargas, F Ballen-Moreno… - Mechatronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Designing robotic devices to assist or emulate the ankle is challenging due to the joint's
complexity and the fundamental role in walking. T-FLEX is an ankle exoskeleton based on …

Application of robotic lower limb orthosis for people with lower limb dysfunction

S Yang, X Huang, J Zhou, Q Xue - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Due to the aging of the population or diseases, the number of patients with lower limb
disorders has increased, causing social concern. Scholars have designed and developed …

Immediate effect evaluation of a robotic ankle–foot orthosis with customized algorithm for a foot drop patient: a quantitative and qualitative case report

D Adiputra, U Asfari, MA Abdul Rahman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to evaluate the immediate effect of a robotic ankle–foot orthosis developed
in previous studies on a foot drop patient. The difference with previous research on AFO …

Development of a motorless walking assistive device for foot flexions with instant torque output in gait cycle

X Wu, A Ide, K Osawa, K Nakagawa, L Yuge… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
With its low birthrate, Japan currently faces an aging issue. As the senior population
gradually increases, applying moderate daily exercise has been widely accepted as a key to …

Soft Ankle-Foot Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review of Actuation, Sensing, Mechanical Design, and Control Strategy

W Meng, C Zhu, H Liu, Q Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted rehabilitation therapy has become a mainstream trend for the treatment of
stroke patients. It can not only relieve physiotherapists from heavy physical duties, but also …