Supernumerary robotic limbs: A review and future outlook

B Yang, J Huang, X Chen, C Xiong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable robots have become a prevalent method in the field of human augmentation and
medical rehabilitation. Typical wearable robots mainly include exoskeletons and prostheses …

A human augmentation device design review: supernumerary robotic limbs

Z Liao, B Chen, T Chang, Q Zheng, K Liu… - Industrial Robot: the …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) are a new type of wearable robot, which
improve the user's operating and perceive the user's environment by extra robotic limbs …

Soft poly-limbs: Toward a new paradigm of mobile manipulation for daily living tasks

PH Nguyen, C Sparks, SG Nuthi, NM Vale… - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
We present the design and development of the fluid-driven, wearable, Soft Poly-Limb (SPL),
from the Greek word polys, meaning many. The SPL utilizes the numerous traits of soft …

Multifunctional remotely actuated 3-DOF supernumerary robotic arm based on magnetorheological clutches and hydrostatic transmission lines

C Véronneau, J Denis, LP Lebel… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRL) are wearable extra limbs intended to help humans
perform physical tasks beyond conventional capabilities in domestic and industrial …

Orochi: investigating requirements and expectations for multipurpose daily used supernumerary robotic limbs

M Al-Sada, T Höglund, M Khamis, J Urbani… - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) present many opportunities for daily use. However,
their obtrusiveness and limitations in interaction genericity hinder their daily use. To address …

Piton: Investigating the Controllability of a Wearable Telexistence Robot

A Iskandar, M Al-Sada, T Miyake, Y Saraiji, O Halabi… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted collaborative activities, travel, and physical contact,
increasing the demand for real-time interactions with remote environments. However, the …

Collaborative workspace design of supernumerary robotic limbs base on multi-objective optimization

Z Liao, B Chen, Z Qian, T Chang, D Bai, K Liu… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2023 - Springer
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) as a new type of wearable robot that assists the
operator with additional robotic limbs. However, how to determine the optimal limb length …

Novel supernumerary robotic limb based on variable stiffness actuators for hemiplegic patients assistance

BB Hasanen, MI Awad, MN Boushaki… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Loss of upper extremity motor control and function is an unremitting symptom in post-stroke
patients. This would impose hardships on accomplishing their daily life activities …

HATSUKI: An anime character like robot figure platform with anime-style expressions and imitation learning based action generation

PC Yang, M Al-Sada, CC Chiu, K Kuo… - 2020 29th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Japanese character figurines are popular and have a pivot position in Otaku culture.
Although numerous robots have been developed, few have focused on otaku-culture or on …

Design and Control of a Soft Supernumerary Robotic Limb Based on Fiber-Reinforced Actuator

T Zhang, J Xu, Y Lu, M Zhao, K Huang… - 2024 IEEE/RSJ …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) provide additional wearable limbs to enhance the
user's physical abilities. Most SRLs employ rigid structures, resulting in uncomfortable …