The patients can use the fingers to recover their grasping abilities presenting an active compensatory tool in the initial phases of therapeutic recovery and rehabilitation to promote the use of the arm even if the hand grasp function is not recovered. The patients can intuitively control the two ...
When the body part (here, arm) comes back to its resting position, the support is slowly taken off. These wearables can be made of either rigid materials like carbon fibre or sometimes soft materials such as special kinds of fabric, depending on the application requirements. The actuators ...
Positional tracking balls on the knees and feet direct the arm movement, while a sock device allows the movement of your toes to control the grasp of the robot hands. There are even haptic sensors on the robot hands that generate force feedback on your feet. The arms are intended to be ...
The other side to this interaction (human-to-robot), arising due to the physical coupling between the wearer’s arm and the robot’s base link, must also be considered. This interaction manifests in the form of disturbances introduced in the robot’s motion plan caused by the wearer’s ...
where 𝑚1, 𝑚2, 𝐼𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, 𝐼1, 𝐼𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑓, and 𝐼2 are the mass of WRK upper arm, mass of WRK lower arm, moment of inertia of thigh, moment of inertia of WRK upper arm, moment of inertia of calf, and moment of inertia of WRK lower arm, respectivel...
(iv) Body segment: “upper limb*”; “arm”; “forearm”; “shoulder”; “elbow.” (v) Medical application: “rehabilitation”, “physical therapy”; “impairment”; “health.” Table 1 presents the search queries used in each database. Table 1. Explicit formulation of the search queries...
This article presents the design process of a supernumerary wearable robotic forearm (WRF), along with methods for stabilizing the robot’s end-effector using human motion prediction. The device acts as a lightweight “third arm” for the user, extending
The working mode of the wearable robotic arm is to move with the body and cooperate closely with the wearer. Therefore, we want to manipulate the robot and obtain effective feedback without affecting the human’s ability to operate. As a head-mounted display, HoloLens2 is easy to wear and...
The exoskeleton robotic system is a device mainly used for rehabilitation by supporting the muscular strength of the wearer when the lower extremities are paralyzed by accident or when the muscular strength of the lower extremities is insufficient due to old age. This device can also be used for...