Back-support exoskeletons for occupational use: an overview of technological advances and trends

S Toxiri, MB Näf, M Lazzaroni, J Fernández… - IISE Transactions on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS Many new occupational back-support exoskeletons have
been developed in the past few years both as research prototypes and as commercial …

Biosignal sensors and deep learning-based speech recognition: A review

W Lee, JJ Seong, B Ozlu, BS Shim, A Marakhimov… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Voice is one of the essential mechanisms for communicating and expressing one's
intentions as a human being. There are several causes of voice inability, including disease …

A motion-classification strategy based on sEMG-EEG signal combination for upper-limb amputees

X Li, OW Samuel, X Zhang, H Wang, P Fang… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Most of the modern motorized prostheses are controlled with the surface
electromyography (sEMG) recorded on the residual muscles of amputated limbs. However …

Rationale, implementation and evaluation of assistive strategies for an active back-support exoskeleton

S Toxiri, AS Koopman, M Lazzaroni, J Ortiz… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Active exoskeletons are potentially more effective and versatile than passive ones, but
designing them poses a number of additional challenges. An important open challenge in …

A piezoresistive sensor to measure muscle contraction and mechanomyography

D Esposito, E Andreozzi, A Fratini, GD Gargiulo… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Measurement of muscle contraction is mainly achieved through electromyography (EMG)
and is an area of interest for many biomedical applications, including prosthesis control and …

A structured overview of trends and technologies used in dynamic hand orthoses

RA Bos, CJW Haarman, T Stortelder, K Nizamis… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2016 - Springer
The development of dynamic hand orthoses is a fast-growing field of research and has
resulted in many different devices. A large and diverse solution space is formed by the …

Exoskeletal devices for hand assistance and rehabilitation: A comprehensive analysis of state-of-the-art technologies

B Noronha, D Accoto - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots are effective tools for aiding in the restoration of hand function through rehabilitation
programs or by providing in-task assistance. To date, a multitude of exoskeletal devices …

Development of a wearable ultrasound transducer for sensing muscle activities in assistive robotics applications

X Xue, B Zhang, S Moon, GX Xu, CC Huang, N Sharma… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Robotic prostheses and powered exoskeletons are novel assistive robotic devices for
modern medicine. Muscle activity sensing plays an important role in controlling assistive …

Assessment of a wearable force-and electromyography device and comparison of the related signals for myocontrol

M Connan, E Ruiz Ramírez, B Vodermayer… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In the frame of assistive robotics, multi-finger prosthetic hand/wrists have recently appeared,
offering an increasing level of dexterity; however, in practice their control is limited to a few …

Contrast of multi‐resolution analysis approach to transhumeral phantom motion decoding

E Nsugbe, O William Samuel… - CAAI Transactions on …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In signal processing, multiresolution decomposition techniques allow for the separation of
an acquired signal into sub levels, where the optimal level within the signal minimises …