Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
To enable on-time and high-fidelity lower-limb exoskeleton control, it is effective to predict the future human motion from the observed status. In this research, we propose a novel method to predict future plantar force during the gait using IMU and...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Semantic segmentation is an important step for hand and object tracking as subsequent tracking algorithms depend heavily on the accuracy of the segmented hand and object. However, current methods for hand and object segmentation are limited in the nu...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function is becoming an established approach to complement conventional therapy after stroke, particularly in view of its possible unsupervised use to promote an increase in therapy dose. Given their intensive th...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a painful and debilitating condition that is associated with mechanical loading of the knee joint. Numerous conservative treatment strategies have been developed to delay time to total joint replacement. Unloader braces a...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
This paper presents a novel robotic finger prosthesis for partially amputated patients who have lost a thumb and index finger. The challenging issues were to design i) a three-degree-of-freedom (DOF) underactuated mechanism that mimics intact finger ...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
In this paper, we address the problem of assist-as-needed (AAN) control of rehabilitation robots. The objective is to develop a path tracking control scheme with the minimized intervention of the robot to gain active participation of impaired subject...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Motivation plays a crucial role in motor learning and neurorehabilitation. Participants' motivation could decline to a point where they may stop training when facing a very difficult task. Conversely, participants may perform well and consider the tr...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
In this paper, we present our research study concerning the design and development of an exoskeleton that aims to provide 3D walking support with minimum number of actuators. Following a prior simulation study, the joint configuration was primarily d...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
This paper presents a framework to address three dimensional (3-D) dynamic walking for a bipedal exoskeleton with underactuated legs. To achieve this goal, the framework is constructed via a trajectory generator and an optimized inverse kinematics al...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
Robot-assisted rehabilitation in children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is expected to lead to neuroplasticity and reduce the burden of motor impairments. For a lower-limb exoskeleton to perform well in this context, it is essential that ...
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