Soft actuators and robotic devices have been increasingly applied to the field of
rehabilitation and assistance, where safe human and machine interaction is of particular …

This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

Studies have developed various types of soft robotic gloves for hand rehabilitation in recent
years. Most soft actuators achieved a sufficient thumb flexion assist while lacking opposition …

In the research and development of soft rehabilitation gloves (SRGs), individualized support
considering users' morphological and biomechanical characteristics is the next critical step …

The soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) has strong flexibility and good compliance, allowing its
assembly into a multi-functional soft gripper that can be applied to object grasping and …

Fiber-reinforced soft actuators have great potential for the development of wearable
technology. However, its complex structural design, nonlinear soft material body, fluid-driven …

Applying soft actuators to hand motion assist for rehabilitation has been receiving increasing
interest in recent years. Pioneering research efforts have shown the feasibility of soft …

In this paper, a new socially assistive robot (SARs) called HBS-1.2 is presented, which uses
6-ply twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) artificial muscles in its hand to perform physical …

Hand-assistive devices are used to help post-stroke victims encumbered with hand
impairments perform activities of daily living (ADL). Unlike robotic rehabilitation devices …

This paper establishes design criteria for soft exogloves (SEG) to be used as rehabilitation
or assistance devices. This research consists in identifying, selecting, and grouping SEG …