ArticleFrontiers in robotics and AI2022
A Wearable Soft Robotic Exoskeleton for Hip Flexion Rehabilitation.
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- Review on Portable-Powered Lower Limb Exoskeletons.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Pioneering healthcare with soft robotic devices: A review.Smart medicine · 2024Review
- Modeling and Analysis of Foot Function in Human Gait Using a Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Inverted Pendulum Model with an Arced Foot.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Critical Review on Factors Affecting the User Adoption of Wearable and Soft Robotics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Soft Robotics: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.Micromachines · 2023Review
- Soft pneumatic muscles for post-stroke lower limb ankle rehabilitation: leveraging the potential of soft robotics to optimize functional outcomes.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Development of a novel hybrid securing actuator for a self-securing soft robotic hand exoskeleton.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
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Abstract
Leg motion is essential to everyday tasks, yet many face a daily struggle due to leg motion impairment. Traditional robotic solutions for lower limb rehabilitation have arisen, but they may bare some limitations due to their cost. Soft robotics utilizes soft, pliable materials which may afford a less costly robotic solution. This work presents a soft-pneumatic-actuator-driven exoskeleton for hip flexion rehabilitation. An array of soft pneumatic rotary actuators is used for torque generation. An analytical model of the actuators is validated and used to determine actuator parameters for the target application of hip flexion. The performance of the assembly is assessed, and it is found capable of the target torque for hip flexion, 19.8 Nm at 30°, requiring 86 kPa to reach that torque output. The assembly exhibits a maximum torque of 31 Nm under the conditions tested. The full exoskeleton assembly is then assessed with healthy human subjects as they perform a set of lower limb motions. For one motion, the Leg Raise, a muscle signal reduction of 43.5% is observed during device assistance, as compared to not wearing the device. This reduction in muscle effort indicates that the device is effective in providing hip flexion assistance and suggests that pneumatic-rotary-actuator-driven exoskeletons are a viable solution to realize more accessible options for those who suffer from lower limb immobility.
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