Soft robotic suits: State of the art, core technologies, and open challenges

M **loyannis, R Alicea, AM Georgarakis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable robots are undergoing a disruptive transition, from the rigid machines that
populated the science-fiction world in the early 1980s to lightweight robotic apparel, hardly …

[HTML][HTML] Soft wearable robots: development status and technical challenges

Y Shi, W Dong, W Lin, Y Gao - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, more and more research has begun to focus on the flexible and lightweight
design of wearable robots. During this process, many novel concepts and achievements …

Underactuated soft hip exosuit based on adaptive oscillators to assist human locomotion

E Tricomi, N Lotti, F Missiroli, X Zhang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reproducing the mechanisms of human locomotion is a hard challenge. Assistive wearable
devices in this context need to be lightweight, portable, and to adapt to the wearer's walking …

Cooperative ankle-exoskeleton control can reduce effort to recover balance after unexpected disturbances during walking

C Bayón, AQL Keemink, M Van Mierlo… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2022 - Springer
Background In the last two decades, lower-limb exoskeletons have been developed to assist
human standing and locomotion. One of the ongoing challenges is the cooperation between …

Evaluation of safety-related performance of wearable lower limb exoskeleton robot (WLLER): A systematic review

D Wang, X Gu, W Li, Y **, M Yang, H Yu - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wearable lower limb exoskeleton robots (WLLER) have broad development prospects in the
military, industrial and medical fields. The intelligent device comes into intimate contact with …

Hardware circuits design and performance evaluation of a soft lower limb exoskeleton

W Cao, Y Ma, C Chen, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft lower limb exoskeletons (LLEs) are wearable devices that have good potential in
walking rehabilitation and augmentation. While a few studies focused on the structure …

Human-in-the-loop personalization of a bi-articular wearable robot's assistance for downhill walking

G Koginov, L Bergmann, M **loyannis… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable robots hold great promise in supporting people during activities of daily living.
Personalizing the assistance provided by this technology for not just level ground walking …

Usability of an exosuit in domestic and community environments

C Basla, I Hungerbühler, JT Meyer, P Wolf… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Exosuits have been shown to reduce metabolic cost of walking and to increase
gait performance when used in clinical environment. Currently, these devices are …

Lower extremity robotic exoskeleton devices for overground ambulation recovery in acquired brain injury—A review

KK Karunakaran, SD Pamula, CP Bach… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a leading cause of ambulation deficits in the United States
every year. ABI (stroke, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy) results in ambulation …

Fuzzy-based optimization and control of a soft exosuit for compliant robot–human–environment interaction

Q Li, W Qi, Z Li, H **a, Y Kang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many previous studies of soft exosuits improved human locomotion performance. However,
there is no example to control a soft exosuit using human ankle impedance adaption in …