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 …

Performance evaluation of lower limb exoskeletons: a systematic review

D Pinto-Fernandez, D Torricelli… - … on Neural Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Benchmarks have long been used to verify and compare the readiness level of different
technologies in many application domains. In the field of wearable robots, the lack of a …

Knee joint misalignment in exoskeletons for the lower extremities: Effects on user's gait

D Zanotto, Y Akiyama, P Stegall… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the complexity of the human musculoskeletal system and intra/intersubjects
variability, powered exoskeletons are prone to human-robot misalignments. These induce …

Impedance-controlled variable stiffness actuator for lower limb robot applications

L Liu, S Leonhardt, C Ngo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel application of the variable stiffness actuator (VSA)-based assistance/
rehabilitation robot-featured impedance control using a cascaded position torque control …

[PDF][PDF] 康复机器人与智能辅助系统的研究进展

侯增广, 赵新刚, 程龙, 王启宁, 王卫群 - 自动化学报, 2016 - aas.net.cn
摘要我国正面临日益严重的老龄化问题和数量庞大的残疾人群, 康复机器人与智能辅助系统的
研究开发和应用有望为解决养老, 失能辅助和康复问题提供部分技术手段 …

Design of a cable-driven active leg exoskeleton (C-ALEX) and gait training experiments with human subjects

X Jin, X Cui, SK Agrawal - 2015 IEEE International Conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic rehabilitation devices are attractive to physical therapists. Various leg exoskeletons
have been developed during the past decade and have been used in gait training …

Coordination between partial robotic exoskeletons and human gait: A comprehensive review on control strategies

JS Lora-Millan, JC Moreno, E Rocon - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lower-limb robotic exoskeletons have become powerful tools to assist or rehabilitate the gait
of subjects with impaired walking, even when they are designed to act only partially over the …

A unilateral robotic knee exoskeleton to assess the role of natural gait assistance in hemiparetic patients

JS Lora-Millan, FJ Sanchez-Cuesta, JP Romero… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hemiparetic gait is characterized by strong asymmetries that can severely affect
the quality of life of stroke survivors. This type of asymmetry is due to motor deficits in the …

Design and control of a wearable hand rehabilitation robot

L Cheng, M Chen, Z Li - IEEE access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a wearable hand rehabilitation robot for assisting patients to do
rehabilitation training such as the flexion and extension of fingers. This robot prototype has a …

Assist-as-needed control of an intrinsically compliant robotic gait training orthosis

S Hussain, PK Jamwal, MH Ghayesh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is a common hypothesis in the field of robot-assisted gait rehabilitation that the active
involvement and voluntary participation of neurologically impaired subjects in the robotic …