Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends

Table of Contents

1. Altmetric Badge
   Book Overview
2. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 1 Clinical Evaluation of a Socket-Ready Naturally Controlled Multichannel Upper Limb Prosthetic System
3. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 2 Evaluation of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Gait Training in Acute Stroke: A Case Study
4. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 3 Wearable Exoskeleton Assisted Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: Feasibility and Experience
5. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 4 Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation and Personal Mobility: Creating Clinical Evidence
6. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 5 Lower Limb Wearable Systems for Mobility and Rehabilitation Challenges: Clinical Focus
7. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 6 Impedance Control of Series Elastic Actuators Using Acceleration Feedback
8. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 7 Kinetic Energy Recovery in Human Joints: The Flywheel-Infinitely Variable Transmission Actuator
9. Altmetric Badge
   Chapter 8 A Compliant Lightweight and Adaptable Active Ankle Foot Orthosis for Robotic Rehabilitation
10. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 9 A Novel Shoulder Mechanism with a Double Parallelogram Linkage for Upper-Body Exoskeletons
11. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 10 A Soft Robotic Extra-Finger and Arm Support to Recover Grasp Capabilities in Chronic Stroke Patients
12. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 11 A Quasi-Passive Knee Exoskeleton to Assist During Descent
13. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 12 Wearable Sensory Apparatus for Multi-segment System Orientation Estimation with Long-Term Drift and Magnetic Disturbance Compensation
14. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 13 A Portable Active Pelvis Orthosis for Ambulatory Movement Assistance
15. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 14 XoSoft - A Vision for a Soft Modular Lower Limb Exoskeleton
16. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 15 On the Efficacy of Isolating Shoulder and Elbow Movements with a Soft, Portable, and Wearable Robotic Device
17. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 16 Design Improvement of a Polymer-Based Tendon-Driven Wearable Robotic Hand (Exo-Glove Poly)
18. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 17 Affective Touch and Low Power Artificial Muscles for Rehabilitative and Assistive Wearable Soft Robotics
19. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 18 Evaluation of Force Tracking Controller with Soft Exosuit for Hip Extension Assistance
20. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 19 Endogenous Control of Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeleton
21. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 20 Natural User-Controlled Ambulation of Lower Extremity Exoskeletons for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
22. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 21 Real-Time Modeling for Lower Limb Exoskeletons
23. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 22 Towards Everyday Shared Control of Lower Limb Exoskeletons
24. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 23 Joint-Level Responses to Counteract Perturbations Scale with Perturbation Magnitude and Direction
25. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 24 Metabolic Energy Consumption in a Box-Lifting Task: A Parametric Study on the Assistive Torque
26. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 25 Analysis of the Movement Variability in Dance Activities Using Wearable Sensors
27. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 26 Real Time Computation of Centroidal Momentum for the Use as a Stability Index Applicable to Human Walking with Exoskeleton
28. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 27 A Versatile Neuromuscular Exoskeleton Controller for Gait Assistance: A Preliminary Study on Spinal Cord Injury Patients
29. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 28 Introducing a Modular, Personalized Exoskeleton for Ankle and Knee Support of Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury
30. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 29 Towards Exoskeletons with Balance Capacities
31. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 30 EMG-Based Detection of User’s Intentions for Human-Machine Shared Control of an Assistive Upper-Limb Exoskeleton
32. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 31 Safety Standardization of Wearable Robots—The Need for Testing Methods
33. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 32 The Potential and Acceptance of Exoskeletons in Industry
34. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 33 Wearable Robots: A Legal Analysis
35. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 34 A Verification Method for Testing Abrasion in the Use of Restraint Type Personal Care Robots
36. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 35 Kinematic Comparison of Gait Rehabilitation with Exoskeleton and End-Effector Devices
37. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 36 Evaluating the Gait of Lower Limb Prosthesis Users
38. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 37 Some Considerations on Benchmarking of Wearable Robots for Mobility
39. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 38 Benchmarking Data for Human Walking in Different Scenarios
40. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 39 Clinical Gait Assessment in Relation to Benchmarking Robot Locomotion
41. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 40 Attention Level Measurement During Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Through a BMI System
42. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 41 Detection of Subject’s Intention to Trigger Transitions Between Sit, Stand and Walk with a Lower Limb Exoskeleton
43. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 42 The New Generation of Compliant Actuators for Use in Controllable Bio-Inspired Wearable Robots
44. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 43 An EMG-informed Model to Evaluate Assistance of the Biomot Compliant Ankle Actuator
45. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 44 Tacit Adaptability of a Mechanically Adjustable Compliance and Controllable Equilibrium Position Actuator, a Preliminary Study
46. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 45 Design and Kinematic Analysis of the Hanyang Exoskeleton Assistive Robot (HEXAR) for Human Synchronized Motion
47. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 46 Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Low-Cost Robotic Orthosis for Gait Assistance in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury
48. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 47 A Powered Low-Back Exoskeleton for Industrial Handling: Considerations on Controls
49. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 48 Efficient Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Human Motion Assistance
50. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 49 Active Safety Functions for Industrial Lower Body Exoskeletons: Concept and Assessment
51. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 50 SOLEUS: Ankle Foot Orthosis for Space Countermeasure with Immersive Virtual Reality
52. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 51 SPEXOR: Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration
53. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 52 HeSA, Hip Exoskeleton for Superior Assistance
54. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 53 SPEXOR: Towards a Passive Spinal Exoskeleton
55. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 54 Autonomous Soft Exosuit for Hip Extension Assistance
56. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 55 Comparison of Ankle Moment Inspired and Ankle Positive Power Inspired Controllers for a Multi-Articular Soft Exosuit for Walking Assistance
57. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 56 Biomechanical Analysis and Inertial Sensing of Ankle Joint While Stepping on an Unanticipated Bump
58. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 57 A Novel Approach to Increase Upper Extremity Active Range of Motion for Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Using Admittance Control: A Preliminary Study
59. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 58 Modulation of Knee Range of Motion and Time to Rest in Cerebral Palsy Using Two Forms of Mechanical Stimulation
60. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 59 Training Response to Longitudinal Powered Exoskeleton Training for SCI
61. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 60 Adaptive Classification of Arbitrary Activities Through Hidden Markov Modeling with Automated Optimal Initialization
62. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 61 Design and Motion Analysis of a Wearable and Portable Hand Exoskeleton
63. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 62 Nitiglove: Nitinol-Driven Robotic Glove Used to Assist Therapy for Hand Mobility Recovery
64. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 63 3D Printed Arm Exoskeleton for Teleoperation and Manipulation Applications
65. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 64 Musculoskeletal Simulation of SOLEUS Ankle Exoskeleton for Countermeasure Exercise in Space
66. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 65 Human Gait Feature Detection Using Inertial Sensors Wavelets
67. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 66 On the Importance of a Motor Model for the Optimization of SEA-driven Prosthetic Ankles
68. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 67 Assessment of a 7-DOF Hand Exoskeleton for Neurorehabilitation
69. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 68 Improving the Standing Balance of People with Spinal Cord Injury Through the Use of a Powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis
70. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 69 Transparent Mode for Lower Limb Exoskeleton
71. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 70 Human-Robot Mutual Force Borrowing and Seamless Leader-Follower Role Switching by Learning and Coordination of Interactive Impedance
72. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 71 Upper Limb Exoskeleton Control for Isotropic Sensitivity of Human Arm
73. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 72 AUTONOMYO: Design Challenges of Lower Limb Assistive Device for Elderly People, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromuscular Diseases
74. Altmetric Badge
    Chapter 73 Passive Lower Back Moment Support in a Wearable Lifting Aid: Counterweight Versus Springs