Lower-limb exoskeletons: Research trends and regulatory guidelines in medical and non-medical applications

BS Rupal, S Rafique, A Singla… - International …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
With the recent progress in personal care robots, interest in wearable exoskeletons has
been increasing due to the demand for assistive technologies generally and specifically to …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging Medical Technologies and Their Use in Bionic Repair and Human Augmentation

A Manero, V Rivera, Q Fu, JD Schwartzman… - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
As both the proportion of older people and the length of life increases globally, a rise in age-
related degenerative diseases, disability, and prolonged dependency is projected. However …

Design of a powered full-body exoskeleton for physical assistance of elderly people

S Christensen, S Rafique, S Bai - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of full-body exoskeletons has been limited due to design complexities,
mechanical integration intricacies, and heavier weight, among others. Consequently, very …

The progressive intertwinement between design, human needs and the regulation of care technology: the case of lower-limb exoskeletons

E Fosch-Villaronga, B Özcan - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020 - Springer
The adoption of robot technology is accelerating in healthcare settings. Care robots can
support and extend the work of caregivers in assisting patients, elderly or children. Typical …

Control of lower limb exoskeleton for elderly assistance on basic mobility tasks

D Miranda-Linares, G Alrezage… - 2015 19th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the modelling, simulation and control of a lower limbs exoskeleton
devices whose aim is to assist elderly people during standing-up and walking tasks. A …

Design of EXO-LEGS exoskeletons

GS Virk, U Haider, I Nyoman, N Masud… - … : Proceedings of the …, 2016 - World Scientific
The paper describes the design details for realising the EXO-LEGS assistive exoskeletons
for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) applications based on modelling and simulation studies …

Adaptive bio-inspired firefly and invasive weed algorithms for global optimisation with application to engineering problems

H Kasdirin - 2016 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
The focus of the research is to investigate and develop enhanced version of swarm
intelligence firefly algorithm and ecology-based invasive weed algorithm to solve global …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling and Control of Lower Limb Exoskeletons and Walking Aid for Fundamental Mobility Tasks

D Miranda Linares - 2016 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
In the last five decades, exoskeletons have emerged as a solution to assist paraplegic and
elderly patients perform fundamental mobility tasks. The main challenge nowadays, is to …

Modelling and Simulation of Assistive Exoskeleton for Elderly Mobility

D Miranda-Linares, J Lopez-Coronado… - … : Proceedings of the …, 2016 - World Scientific
This paper presents research on the modelling and simulation of assistive exoskeletons for
elderly mobility. The exoskeleton is designed to augment physical capabilities of the elderly …

Invasive weed optimization algorithm optimized fuzzy logic scaling parameters in controlling a lower limb exoskeleton

G Al Rezage, HA Kasdirin, SK Ali… - 2016 21st International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a new modified versions of invasive weed optimization algorithm with
exponential seeds-spread factor. The modified invasive weed optimization algorithm (MIWO) …