In the last decade, we have witnessed a drastic change in the form factor of audio and vision
technologies, from heavy and grounded machines to lightweight devices that naturally fit our …

Disabilities are a global issue due to the decrease in life quality and mobility of patients,
especially people suffering from hand disabilities. This paper presents a review of active …

This paper presents a portable, assistive, soft robotic glove designed to augment hand
rehabilitation for individuals with functional grasp pathologies. The robotic glove utilizes soft …

The recovery of hand function is one of the most challenging topics in stroke rehabilitation.
Although the robot‐assisted therapy has got some good results in the latest decades, the …

Direct brain control of advanced robotic systems promises substantial improvements in
health care, for example, to restore intuitive control of hand movements required for activities …

In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the
definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a …

Rehabilitation of the hands is critical for the restoration of independence in activities of daily
living for individuals exhibiting disabilities of the upper extremities. There is initial evidence …

Most current hand exoskeletons have been designed specifically for rehabilitation, assistive,
or haptic applications to simplify the design requirements. Clinical studies on poststroke …

This article aims to give an overall review of research status in hand rehabilitation robotic
technology, evaluating a number of devices. The main scope is to explore the current state …

Misalignments between powered exoskeleton joints and the user's anatomical joints are
inevitable due to difficulty locating the anatomical joint axis, non-constant location of the …