Physically assistive robots: A systematic review of mobile and manipulator robots that physically assist people with disabilities

A Nanavati, V Ranganeni… - Annual Review of Control …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
More than 1 billion people in the world are estimated to experience significant disability.
These disabilities can impact people's ability to independently conduct activities of daily …

Design and clinical implementation of an open-source bionic leg

AF Azocar, LM Mooney, JF Duval, AM Simon… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
In individuals with lower-limb amputations, robotic prostheses can increase walking speed,
and reduce energy use, the incidence of falls and the development of secondary …

A comparison of control strategies in commercial and research knee prostheses

R Fluit, EC Prinsen, S Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: To provide an overview of control strategies in commercial and research
microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs). Methods: Five commercially available …

Electromyography-based control of lower limb prostheses: a systematic review

B Ahkami, K Ahmed, A Thesleff… - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most amputations occur in lower limbs and despite improvements in prosthetic technology,
no commercially available prosthetic leg uses electromyography (EMG) information as an …

Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees: A review from a biomechanical function perspective

W Liang, Z Qian, W Chen, H Song, Y Cao… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Prosthetic knees are state-of-the-art medical devices that use mechanical mechanisms and
components to simulate the normal biological knee function for individuals with transfemoral …

An insight into Transfemoral Prostheses: Materials, modelling, simulation, fabrication, testing, clinical evaluation and performance perspectives

K Amudhan, A Vasanthanathan… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction A transfemoral prosthesis restores any limb amputated above the knee.
Designing and developing a transfemoral prosthesis that is consistent with human …

Robotic hip-disarticulation prosthesis: evaluation of prosthetic gaits in a non-amputee individual

Y Ueyama, T Kubo, M Shibata - Advanced Robotics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This is the first report regarding the application of a robotic prosthesis for hip-disarticulation
amputees. Hip-disarticulation prostheses (HDPs) are used by amputees with either an …

Design, kinematics and gait analysis, of prosthetic knee joints: a systematic review

F Rasheed, S Martin, KM Tse - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this review article is to appraise the design and functionality of above-knee
prosthetic legs. So far, various transfemoral prosthetic legs are found to offer a stable gait to …

Accelerating Constrained Continual Learning with Dynamic Active Learning: A Study in Adaptive Speed Estimation for Lower-Limb Prostheses

C Johnson, J Maldonado-Contreras… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continual Learning is quickly emerging as a fun-damental technique in almost all technical
domains. This study develops its application in robotics, with a specific focus on transfemoral …

Neural control in prostheses and exoskeletons

M Sharbafi, A Naseri, A Seyfarth, M Grimmer - Powered prostheses, 2020 - Elsevier
The chapter focuses on three areas based on realization of neural control for gait
assistance. The neural control could be identified by applying neuronal signals to control …