AIMC Topic: Exoskeleton Device

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MotorSkins-a bio-inspired design approach towards an interactive soft-robotic exosuit.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
The work presents a bio-inspired design approach to a soft-robotic solution for assisting the knee-bending in users with reduced mobility in lower limbs. Exosuits and fluid-driven actuators are fabric-based devices that are gaining increasing relevan...

Individuals differ in muscle activation patterns during early adaptation to a powered ankle exoskeleton.

Applied ergonomics
Exoskeletons have the potential to assist users and augment physical ability. To achieve these goals across users, individual variation in muscle activation patterns when using an exoskeleton need to be evaluated. This study examined individual muscl...

A Tenodesis-Induced-Grip exoskeleton robot (TIGER) for assisting upper extremity functions in stroke patients: a randomized control study.

Disability and rehabilitation
PURPOSE: This study was aimed toward developing a lightweight assisting tenodesis-induced-grip exoskeleton robot (TIGER) and to examine the performance of the TIGER in stroke patients with hemiplegia.

How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance.

Science robotics
Exoskeletons can enhance human mobility, but we still know little about why they are effective. For example, we do not know the relative importance of training, how much is required, or what type is most effective; how people adapt with the device; o...

Preventing and Monitoring Work-Related Diseases in Firefighters: A Literature Review on Sensor-Based Systems and Future Perspectives in Robotic Devices.

International journal of environmental research and public health
In recent years, the necessity to prevent work-related diseases has led to the use of sensor-based systems to measure important features during working activities. This topic achieved great popularity especially in hazardous and demanding activities ...

Robotic devices for paediatric rehabilitation: a review of design features.

Biomedical engineering online
Children with physical disabilities often have limited performance in daily activities, hindering their physical development, social development and mental health. Therefore, rehabilitation is essential to mitigate the adverse effects of the differen...

Reducing the energy cost of running using a lightweight, low-profile elastic exosuit.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: Human beings can enhance their distance running performance with the help of assistive devices. Although several such devices are available, they are heavy and bulky, which limits their use in everyday activities. In this study, we develo...

Exoskeleton end-effector robot-assisted therapy for finger-hand motor recovery in stroke survivors: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Topics in stroke rehabilitation
INTRODUCTION: The growing number of stroke survivors with residual hand disabilities requires the development of efficient recovery therapy, and robotic rehabilitation can play an important role.

Exoskeletons in Nursing and Healthcare: A Bionic Future.

Clinical nursing research
This editorial summarizes the emergence of bionic technology in the form of exoskeletons and how these wearable robotics are and could be applied in the nursing profession to improve the occupational health of nurses and deliver patient care. The ben...