PloS one
Feb 11, 2021
Previous studies have shown that functional mobility, along with other physical functions, decreases with advanced age. However, it is still unclear which domains of functioning (body structures, body functions, and activities) are most closely relat...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Jan 28, 2021
We sought to evaluate the effects of the application of torque pulses to the hip and knee joint via a robotic exoskeleton in the context of training propulsion during walking. Based on our previous study, we formulated a set of conditions of torque p...
Journal of healthcare engineering
Oct 19, 2020
Bone drilling is known as one of the most sensitive milling processes in biomedical engineering field. Fracture behavior of this cortical bone during drilling has attracted the attention of many researchers; however, there are still impending concern...
Soft robotics
Aug 19, 2020
Pneumatically driven soft robotic grippers have been extensively studied in recent years. A majority of the grippers, especially those entirely composed of soft materials, can adapt to and handle various objects. However, there are limited studies re...
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine
Aug 11, 2020
This research introduces a new exoskeleton-type rehabilitation robot, which can be used in lower limb rehabilitation therapy for post-stroke patients. A novel design of a typical knee and ankle rehabilitation robot is proposed. The kinematic and dyna...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aug 4, 2020
Walking on different terrains leads to different biomechanics, which motivates the development of exoskeletons for assisting on walking according to the type of a terrain. The design of a lightweight soft exoskeleton that simultaneously assists multi...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 29, 2020
The precise application of tightening torque is one of the important measures to ensure accurate bolt connection and improvement in product assembly quality. Currently, due to the limited assembly space and efficiency, a wrench without the function o...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jul 29, 2020
Gram-scale insects, such as cockroaches, take advantage of the mechanical properties of the musculoskeletal system to enable rapid and robust running. Engineering gram-scale robots, much like their biological counterparts, comes with inherent constra...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jul 29, 2020
Ideally, robots may be designed to adapt to different tasks such as heavy lifting and handling delicate objects, in which the requirements in force compliance and position accuracy vary dramatically. While conventional rigid actuators are usually cha...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 18, 2020
In physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), forces exerted by humans need to be estimated to accommodate robot commands to human constraints, preferences, and needs. This paper presents a method for the estimation of the interaction forces between a ...