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IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Oct 10, 2022
Hip-assisted soft exosuits have been reported for their effect on reducing the metabolic power of human walking. Currently, most studies focus on uni-directional assistance (HF: hip flexion, or HE: hip extension). This paper investigates the effect o...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 9, 2022
This paper presents a method to include unmodeled dynamics of load or a robot's end-effector into algorithms for collision detection or general understanding of a robot's operation context. The approach relies on the application of a previously devel...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Oct 6, 2022
BACKGROUND: Low-dose rate brachytherapy is the referent treatment for early-stage prostate cancer and consists in manually inserting radioactive seeds within the organ to destroy tumorous cells. This treatment is inaccurate leading to side effects. R...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 6, 2022
In recent years, more and more research has begun to focus on the flexible and lightweight design of wearable robots. During this process, many novel concepts and achievements have been continuously made and shown to the public, while new problems ha...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 5, 2022
Currently, the high demand for new products in the automotive sector requires large investments in factories. The automotive industry is characterized by high automatization, largely achieved by manipulator robots capable of multitasking. This work p...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Oct 3, 2022
PURPOSE: Robot-assisted cardiovascular intervention has been recently developed, which enables interventionists to avoid x-ray radiation and improve their comfort. However, there are still some challenges in the robotic design, such as the inability ...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Oct 3, 2022
The knee joint plays a key role in kinematic and kinetic performances of pedestrain locomotion. The key role of meniscus with matched ligaments in joint stability and movability has not been fully explored in current robotic knee designs. We fabricat...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Sep 30, 2022
Although advanced wearable robots can assist human wearers, their internal faults (i.e., sensors or control errors) also pose a challenge. To ensure safe wearer-robot interactions, how internal errors by the prosthesis limb affect the stability of th...
Journal of biomechanics
Sep 29, 2022
Few studies have investigated the validity of 2D pose estimation models to evaluate kinematics throughout a motion and none have included adolescents. Adolescent athletes completed single-leg squats while 3D kinematic data and 2D sagittal and frontal...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 27, 2022
It is a challenging task to track objects moving along an unknown trajectory. Conventional model-based controllers require detailed knowledge of a robot's kinematics and the target's trajectory. Tracking precision heavily relies on kinematics to infe...