Developments in hardware systems of active upper-limb exoskeleton robots: A review

R Gopura, DSV Bandara, K Kiguchi… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The very first application of active exoskeleton robot was to provide external power to a
soldier so that he can carry additional weight than his strength. Since then this technology …

Collaborative robotics: a survey

F Vicentini - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Collaborative robotics is an umbrella term that conveys the general idea of proximity
between machines and humans for some useful tasks in a shared space, with a range of …

An upper-body rehabilitation exoskeleton Harmony with an anatomical shoulder mechanism: Design, modeling, control, and performance evaluation

B Kim, AD Deshpande - The International Journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
We present an upper-body exoskeleton for rehabilitation, called Harmony, that provides
natural coordinated motions on the shoulder with a wide range of motion, and force and …

Human–robot interaction control of rehabilitation robots with series elastic actuators

H Yu, S Huang, G Chen, Y Pan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rehabilitation robots, by necessity, have direct physical interaction with humans. Physical
interaction affects the controlled variables and may even cause system instability. Thus …

High-precision robust force control of a series elastic actuator

S Oh, K Kong - IEEE/ASME Transactions on mechatronics, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A series elastic actuator (SEA) is a promising actuation method in force control applications
that intelligently interacts with environments. The SEA is characterized by a spring placed …

A review of algorithms for compliant control of stiff and fixed-compliance robots

A Calanca, R Muradore, P Fiorini - IEEE/ASME transactions on …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This survey presents the state of the art of basic compliant control algorithms in a unified
view of past and present literature. Compliant control is fundamental when dealing with …

Design and control considerations for high-performance series elastic actuators

N Paine, S Oh, L Sentis - IEEE/ASME Transactions On …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses design and control of a prismatic series elastic actuator with high
mechanical power output in a small and lightweight form factor. A design is introduced that …

Actuator control for the NASA‐JSC valkyrie humanoid robot: A decoupled dynamics approach for torque control of series elastic robots

N Paine, JS Mehling, J Holley, NA Radford… - Journal of field …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses the actuator‐level control of Valkyrie, a new humanoid robot designed
by NASA's Johnson Space Center in collaboration with several external partners. Several …

A compact rotary series elastic actuator for human assistive systems

K Kong, J Bae, M Tomizuka - IEEE/ASME transactions on …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Precise and large torque generation, back drivability, low output impedance, and
compactness of hardware are important requirements for human assistive robots. In this …

Toward improving actuation transparency and safety of a hip exoskeleton with a novel nonlinear series elastic actuator

Y Qian, S Han, Y Wang, H Yu… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Actuation transparency and safety are important requirements in the design and control of
assistive exoskeletons for individuals who suffer lower limb deficits but still maintain a …