Exo-Wrist: A Soft Tendon-Driven Wrist-Wearable Robot With Active Anchor for Dart-Throwing Motion in Hemiplegic Patients
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters"
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2019.2931607
Abstract: Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is an effective recovery protocol for patients with stroke. However, not all the stroke patients can participate in CIMT. Devices that assist the movement of the affected side could help increase… read more here.
Keywords: exo wrist; wrist wearable; wearable robot; wrist ... See more keywords
Soft Wearable Robot With Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-Based Artificial Muscle for Assisting With Elbow Flexion and Forearm Supination/Pronation
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters"
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3161700
Abstract: This letter proposes a soft wearable robot with shape memory alloy (SMA)-based artificial muscle to assist with upper limb motion. The SMA-based artificial muscle was designed by embedding a bundle of SMA coil springs into… read more here.
Keywords: soft wearable; wearable robot; sma based; sma ... See more keywords
Wrist Assisting Soft Wearable Robot With Stretchable Coolant Vessel Integrated SMA Muscle
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics"
DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2021.3078472
Abstract: This article proposes a shape memory alloy (SMA)-based artificial muscle that has an active cooling system. An SMA coil spring is embedded into a stretchable coolant vessel, which allows active cooling of SMA through coolant… read more here.
Keywords: sma; wearable robot; robot; soft wearable ... See more keywords
Investigation of the Mounting Position of a Wearable Robot Arm
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Robotics"
DOI: 10.3390/robotics11010019
Abstract: In a wearable robot arm, the minimum joint configuration and link length must be considered to avoid increasing the burden on the user. This work investigated how the joint configuration, length of arm links, and… read more here.
Keywords: mounting position; robot arm; wearable robot; arm ... See more keywords