Development of active lower limb robotic-based orthosis and exoskeleton devices: a systematic review

B Kalita, J Narayan, SK Dwivedy - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021 - Springer
The basic routine movements for elderly people are not easily accessible due to the weak
muscles and impaired nerves in their lower extremity. In the last few years, many robotic …

Lower-limb medical and rehabilitation exoskeletons: A review of the current designs

A Plaza, M Hernandez, G Puyuelo… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical and rehabilitation exoskeletons are being increasingly considered by therapists
when choosing a treatment for individuals affected by lower limb impairments. Although all …

Review of assistive strategies in powered lower-limb orthoses and exoskeletons

T Yan, M Cempini, CM Oddo, N Vitiello - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Starting from the early research in the 1960s, especially in the last two decades, orthoses
and exoskeletons have been significantly developed. They are designed in different …

Design and development of lower limb exoskeletons: A survey

N Aliman, R Ramli, SM Haris - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Research into the development of the lower limb exoskeleton (LLE) has been on-going
since the 1960s. Although this field has long been explored, the technological progress has …

Hierarchical classification of subject-cooperative control strategies for lower limb exoskeletons in gait rehabilitation: A systematic review

J Narayan, C Auepanwiriyakul, S Jhunjhunwala… - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, lower limb exoskeletons have seen significant development, with a
particular focus on improving the interaction between the subject and the exoskeleton. This …

WAKE-Up exoskeleton to assist children with cerebral palsy: design and preliminary evaluation in level walking

F Patané, S Rossi, F Del Sette… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the modular design and control of a novel compliant lower limbmulti-
joint exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of ankle kneemobility and locomotion of pediatric …

Adaptive trajectory tracking control of a parallel ankle rehabilitation robot with joint-space force distribution

M Zhang, A McDaid, AJ Veale, Y Peng, SQ Xie - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an adaptive trajectory tracking control strategy implemented on a
parallel ankle rehabilitation robot with joint-space force distribution. This device is …

Gait phase estimation based on noncontact capacitive sensing and adaptive oscillators

E Zheng, S Manca, T Yan, A Parri… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel strategy aiming to acquire an accurate and walking-speed-
adaptive estimation of the gait phase through noncontact capacitive sensing and adaptive …

Recognition of walking environments and gait period by surface electromyography

S Kyeong, W Shin, M Yang, U Heo, J Feng… - Frontiers of Information …, 2019 - Springer
Recognizing and predicting the movement and intention of the wearer in control of an
exoskeleton robot is very challenging. It is difficult for exoskeleton robots, which measure …

Model-based mid-level regulation for assist-as-needed hierarchical control of wearable robots: A computational study of human-robot adaptation

A Nasr, A Hashemi, J McPhee - Robotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The closed-loop human–robot system requires developing an effective robotic controller that
considers models of both the human and the robot, as well as human adaptation to the …