AIMC Topic: Hand Strength

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Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping.

Soft robotics Apr 22, 2020
Grasping is an important characteristic of robots in interacting with humans and the environment. Due to the inherent compliance of soft grippers, they can easily adapt to novel objects and operate safely in a human-centered environment. However, sof...
Equipment Design Robotic Surgical Procedures Fingers Humans Hand Strength Robotics
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Improving Grasp Function After Spinal Cord Injury With a Soft Robotic Glove.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Apr 16, 2020
People with tetraplegia resulting from spinal cord injury experience debilitating hand impairments that may lead to lifelong dependence on others to perform activities of daily living. Wearable robotic devices that actively support hand function duri...
Robotics Hand Activities of Daily Living Spinal Cord Injuries Humans Hand Strength
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A computer vision approach for classifying isometric grip force exertion levels.

Ergonomics Apr 10, 2020
Exposure to high and/or repetitive force exertions can lead to musculoskeletal injuries. However, measuring worker force exertion levels is challenging, and existing techniques can be intrusive, interfere with human-machine interface, and/or limited ...
Male Photoplethysmography Hand Strength Computer Simulation Female Humans Ergonomics Young Adult Machine Learning Physical Exertion Isometric Contraction Healthy Volunteers Muscle Strength Dynamometer Facial Expression
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Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping.

Soft robotics Feb 25, 2020
Octopuses can employ their tapered arms to catch prey of all shapes and sizes due to their dexterity, flexibility, and gripping power. Intrigued by variability in arm taper angle between different octopus species, we explored the utility of designing...
Arm Octopodiformes Robotics Equipment Design Animals Hand Strength
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Robot-assisted arm training for treating adult patients with distal radius fracture: a proof-of-concept pilot study.

European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine Feb 25, 2020
BACKGROUND: Fracture of the distal radius is a common wrist injury. As to its management after orthopedic (conservative or surgical) treatment, there is weak evidence for conventional rehabilitation interventions. Despite the increasing interest for ...
Female Aged Male Middle Aged Pilot Projects Hand Strength Humans Range of Motion, Articular Robotics Proof of Concept Study Single-Blind Method Radius Fractures Exercise Therapy
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Grasping Force Control of Multi-Fingered Robotic Hands through Tactile Sensing for Object Stabilization.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Feb 14, 2020
Grasping force control is important for multi-fingered robotic hands to stabilize the grasped object. Humans are able to adjust their grasping force and react quickly to instabilities through tactile sensing. However, grasping force control through t...
Touch Humans Hand Strength Robotics Electrodes Fingers Online Systems
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Design and modeling of a high-load soft robotic gripper inspired by biological winding.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Feb 14, 2020
The improvement of the load capacity of soft robotic grippers has always been a challenge. The load improvement methods of existing soft robotic grippers mainly include the development of soft actuators with high output force and the creation of clos...
Equipment Design Biomimetic Materials Mechanical Phenomena Models, Theoretical Hand Strength Robotics Animals
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Effects of interactive robot-enhanced hand rehabilitation in treatment of paediatric hand-burns: A randomized, controlled trial with 3-months follow-up.

Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries Feb 11, 2020
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the robotic-assisted exercise with virtual gaming on total active range of motion (ROM) of the digits, hand grip strength (HGS), and hand function in children with hand burns.
Humans Female Male Robotics Burns Exercise Therapy Virtual Reality Child Hand Strength Hand Injuries Range of Motion, Articular Video Games
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Untethered Soft Robotics with Fully Integrated Wireless Sensing and Actuating Systems for Somatosensory and Respiratory Functions.

Soft robotics Jan 23, 2020
There has been a great deal of interest in designing soft robots that can mimic a human system with haptic and proprioceptive functions. There is now a strong demand for soft robots that can sense their surroundings and functions in harsh environment...
Robotics Humans Hydrogen Hand Hand Strength Elastomers
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Robotic-assisted hand therapy for improvement of hand function in children with cerebral palsy: a case series study.

European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine Jan 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: Most types of robot-assisted training (RT) have been used in Cerebral Palsy (CP) patients only focus on proximal upper extremity. Few of study investigated the effect of distal upper extremity training.
Robotics Humans Female Exoskeleton Device Disability Evaluation Male Electromyography Prospective Studies Hand Adolescent Child Exercise Therapy Hand Strength Cerebral Palsy Recovery of Function
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