Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance

C Siviy, LM Baker, BT Quinlivan… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in
individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with wearable devices …

On human-in-the-loop optimization of human–robot interaction

P Slade, C Atkeson, JM Donelan, H Houdijk… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
From industrial exoskeletons to implantable medical devices, robots that interact closely with
people are poised to improve every aspect of our lives. Yet designing these systems is very …

User preference optimization for control of ankle exoskeletons using sample efficient active learning

UH Lee, VS Shetty, PW Franks, J Tan… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
One challenge to achieving widespread success of augmentative exoskeletons is accurately
adjusting the controller to provide cooperative assistance with their wearer. Often, the …

Human-in-the-loop optimization of wearable robotic devices to improve human–robot interaction: A systematic review

MA Diaz, M Voss, A Dillen, B Tassignon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a systematic review on wearable robotic devices that use human-in-the-
loop optimization (HILO) strategies to improve human–robot interaction. A total of 46 HILO …

Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke

LH Sloot, LM Baker, J Bae, F Porciuncula… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Soft robotic exosuits can provide partial dorsiflexor and plantarflexor support in
parallel with paretic muscles to improve poststroke walking capacity. Previous results …

Shaping high-performance wearable robots for human motor and sensory reconstruction and enhancement

H Xia, Y Zhang, N Rajabi, F Taleb, Q Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Most wearable robots such as exoskeletons and prostheses can operate with dexterity,
while wearers do not perceive them as part of their bodies. In this perspective, we contend …

Leveraging user preference in the design and evaluation of lower-limb exoskeletons and prostheses

KA Ingraham, M Tucker, AD Ames, EJ Rouse… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of wearable robotics has seen major advances in recent years, largely owing to an
intense focus on optimizing device behavior to accomplish a narrow set of objectives. This …

Biosignal-based co-adaptive user-machine interfaces for motor control

MM Madduri, SA Burden, AL Orsborn - Current Opinion in Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
User-machine interfaces map biological signals measured from the user to control
commands for external devices. The mapping from biosignals to device inputs is performed …

A novel framework to facilitate user preferred tuning for a robotic knee prosthesis

A Alili, V Nalam, M Li, M Liu, J Feng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The tuning of robotic prosthesis control is essential to provide personalized assistance to
individual prosthesis users. Emerging automatic tuning algorithms have shown promise to …

A cable-driven exoskeleton with personalized assistance improves the gait metrics of people in subacute stroke

B Zhong, M Shen, H Liu, Y Zhao, Q Qian… - … on Neural Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most stroke survivors have mobility deficits and show a pathological gait pattern. Seeking to
enhance the gait performance among this population, we have developed a hybrid cable …