Systematic review of back-support exoskeletons and soft robotic suits

A Ali, V Fontanari, W Schmoelz… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lower back pain and musculoskeletal injuries are serious concerns for workers subjected to
physical workload and manual material handling tasks. Spine assistive exoskeletons are …

A review of soft wearable robots that provide active assistance: Trends, common actuation methods, fabrication, and applications

C Thalman, P Artemiadis - Wearable Technologies, 2020 - cambridge.org
This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

[LIBRO][B] Fundamentals of biomechanics

DV Knudson, D Knudson - 2007 - Springer
For Students: Fundamentals of Biomechanics is written for Kinesiology/Exercise and Sports
Science majors taking the required introductory biomechanics course. Welcome to the …

Assessment of a passive exoskeleton system on spinal biomechanics and subjective responses during manual repetitive handling tasks among construction workers

MF Antwi-Afari, H Li, S Anwer, D Li, Y Yu, HY Mi… - Safety science, 2021 - Elsevier
An exoskeleton system can be an effective ergonomic intervention for mitigating the risks of
develo** work-related musculoskeletal disorders, yet little attention is given to the effects …

Quasi-direct drive actuation for a lightweight hip exoskeleton with high backdrivability and high bandwidth

S Yu, TH Huang, X Yang, C Jiao, J Yang… - IEEE/ASME …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-performance actuators are crucial to enable mechanical versatility of wearable robots,
which are required to be lightweight, highly backdrivable, and with high bandwidth. State-of …

[HTML][HTML] Soft exoskeletons: Development, requirements, and challenges of the last decade

AF Perez Vidal, JY Rumbo Morales, G Ortiz Torres… - Actuators, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this article, various investigations on soft exoskeletons are presented and their functional
and structural characteristics are analyzed. The present work is oriented to the studies of the …

Task-agnostic exoskeleton control via biological joint moment estimation

DD Molinaro, KL Scherpereel, EB Schonhaut… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Lower-limb exoskeletons have the potential to transform the way we move,,,,,,,,,,,,–, but
current state-of-the-art controllers cannot accommodate the rich set of possible human …

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 …

Exoskeleton application to military manual handling tasks

JK Proud, DTH Lai, KL Mudie, GL Carstairs… - Human …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The aim of this review was to determine how exoskeletons could assist Australian
Defence Force personnel with manual handling tasks. Background Musculoskeletal injuries …

Modeling and stiffness-based continuous torque control of lightweight quasi-direct-drive knee exoskeletons for versatile walking assistance

TH Huang, S Zhang, S Yu, MK MacLean… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art exoskeletons are typically limited by the low control bandwidth and small-
range stiffness of actuators, which are based on high gear ratios and elastic components …