An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove
Soft exosuits are a promising solution for the assistance and augmentation of human motor abilities in the industrial field, where the use of more symbiotic wearable robots can avoid excessive worker fatigue and improve the quality of the work. One of the challenges in the design of soft exosuits is...
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doaj-75609547217f4a608a70a2dd7f4c592d2021-01-18T06:03:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442021-01-01710.3389/frobt.2020.595862595862An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced GloveDomenico Chiaradia0Luca Tiseni1Michele Xiloyannis2Massimiliano Solazzi3Lorenzo Masia4Antonio Frisoli5Percro Laboratory, Tecip Institute, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalyPercro Laboratory, Tecip Institute, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalySensory-Motor Systems (SMS) Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Switzerland and the Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, SwitzerlandPercro Laboratory, Tecip Institute, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalyInstitut für Technische Informatik (ZITI), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyPercro Laboratory, Tecip Institute, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalySoft exosuits are a promising solution for the assistance and augmentation of human motor abilities in the industrial field, where the use of more symbiotic wearable robots can avoid excessive worker fatigue and improve the quality of the work. One of the challenges in the design of soft exosuits is the choice of the right amount of softness to balance load transfer, ergonomics, and weight. This article presents a cable-driven based soft wrist exosuit for flexion assistance with the use of an ergonomic reinforced glove. The flexible and highly compliant three-dimensional (3D)-printed plastic structure that is sewn on the glove allows an optimal force transfer from the remotely located motor to the wrist articulation and to preserve a high level of comfort for the user during assistance. The device is shown to reduce fatigue and the muscular effort required for holding and lifting loads in healthy subjects for weights up to 3 kg.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2020.595862/fullsoft wrist exosuitergonomicsassistive robotflexible exoskeletonadmittance controlcable-driven exosuit |
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Domenico Chiaradia Luca Tiseni Michele Xiloyannis Massimiliano Solazzi Lorenzo Masia Antonio Frisoli An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove Frontiers in Robotics and AI soft wrist exosuit ergonomics assistive robot flexible exoskeleton admittance control cable-driven exosuit |
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Domenico Chiaradia Luca Tiseni Michele Xiloyannis Massimiliano Solazzi Lorenzo Masia Antonio Frisoli |
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove |
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove |
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove |
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove |
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove |
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assistive soft wrist exosuit for flexion movements with an ergonomic reinforced glove |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
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Soft exosuits are a promising solution for the assistance and augmentation of human motor abilities in the industrial field, where the use of more symbiotic wearable robots can avoid excessive worker fatigue and improve the quality of the work. One of the challenges in the design of soft exosuits is the choice of the right amount of softness to balance load transfer, ergonomics, and weight. This article presents a cable-driven based soft wrist exosuit for flexion assistance with the use of an ergonomic reinforced glove. The flexible and highly compliant three-dimensional (3D)-printed plastic structure that is sewn on the glove allows an optimal force transfer from the remotely located motor to the wrist articulation and to preserve a high level of comfort for the user during assistance. The device is shown to reduce fatigue and the muscular effort required for holding and lifting loads in healthy subjects for weights up to 3 kg. |
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soft wrist exosuit ergonomics assistive robot flexible exoskeleton admittance control cable-driven exosuit |
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