Lower back pain and musculoskeletal injuries are serious concerns for workers subjected to
physical workload and manual material handling tasks. Spine assistive exoskeletons are …

Lower extremity robotic exoskeletons (LEEX) can not only improve the ability of the human
body but also provide healing treatment for people with lower extremity dysfunction. There …

In recent years, more and more research has begun to focus on the flexible and lightweight
design of wearable robots. During this process, many novel concepts and achievements …

Research on the lower limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation have developed rapidly to meet
the need of the aging population. The rehabilitation exoskeleton system is a wearable man …

Exoskeleton devices are designed for applications such as rehabilitation, assistance, and
haptics. Due to the nature of physical human–machine interaction, designing and operating …

Chronic impairment in the paretic ankle following stroke often requires that individuals use
compensatory patterns such as asymmetric propulsion to achieve effective walking speeds …

Due to the ever-increasing proportion of older people in the total population and the growing
awareness of the importance of protecting workers against physical overload during long …

Shape morphing is the ability of objects to adapt to different shapes and reduce stress
concentrations through increased contact area. This is a common trait of natural and …

This paper describes the evolution of the Assistant Personal Robot (APR) project developed
at the Robotics Laboratory of the University of Lleida, Spain. This paper describes the first …

The combination of smart soft composite structure based shape memory alloy (SMA) and
exoskeleton technology has the advantages of light weight, energy saving, and great human …