Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
Jul 21, 2021
PURPOSE: Joint imbalance has become one of the main reasons for early revision after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and it is directly related to the surgical technique. Therefore, a better understanding of how much bone has to be removed to obtain a ...
Soft robotics
Jul 13, 2021
Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are extensively investigated due to their simple control strategies for producing sophisticated motions. However, the motions or operations of homogeneous SPAs show obvious limitations in some varying curvature interac...
ISA transactions
Jul 12, 2021
In this research, a redundant cable-driven robust rehabilitation robot has been proposed for helping and automating the proper function of the patient's lower and upper limbs in the presence of uncertainties, disturbances, noise, and time delay using...
The Journal of experimental biology
Jul 6, 2021
Lateral undulation is the most widespread mode of terrestrial vertebrate limbless locomotion, in which posteriorly propagating horizontal waves press against environmental asperities (e.g. grass, rocks) and generate propulsive reaction forces. We hyp...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 1, 2021
The application of artificial intelligence techniques to wearable sensor data may facilitate accurate analysis outside of controlled laboratory settings-the holy grail for gait clinicians and sports scientists looking to bridge the lab to field divid...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 23, 2021
This work presents our experimental studies on a trout-inspired multifunctional robotic fish as an underwater swimmer and energy harvester. Fiber-based flexible piezoelectric composites with interdigitated electrodes, specifically macro-fiber composi...
Medical & biological engineering & computing
Jun 22, 2021
Concentric tube robot (CTR) is an efficient approach for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and diagnosis due to its small size and high dexterity. To manipulate the robot accurately and safely inside the human body, tip position and shape information ...
Soft robotics
Jun 16, 2021
In this article, we propose a soft eel robot design using soft pneumatic actuators that mimic eel muscles. Four pairs of soft actuators are used to construct the eel robot body. Pulse signals with suitable shifting phases are utilized to control deli...
Scientific reports
Jun 15, 2021
To minimize fatigue, sustain workloads, and reduce the risk of injuries, the exoskeleton Carry was developed. Carry combines a soft human-machine interface and soft pneumatic actuation to assist the elbow in load holding and carrying. We hypothesize ...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Jun 14, 2021
Recently, convolutional neural network (CNN) has been widely investigated to decode human intentions using surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals. However, a pre-trained CNN model usually suffers from severe degradation when testing on a new individ...