Review of recent progress in robotic knee prosthesis related techniques: Structure, actuation and control

Y Sun, H Tang, Y Tang, J Zheng, D Dong… - Journal of Bionic …, 2021 - Springer
As the essential technology of human-robotics interactive wearable devices, the robotic
knee prosthesis can provide above-knee amputations with functional knee compensations …

[PDF][PDF] Overview: mechanism and control of a prosthetic arm

T Kulkarni, R Uddanwadiker - Mol. Cell. Biomech, 2015 - cdn.techscience.cn
Continuous growth in industrialization and lack of awareness in safety parameters the cases
of amputations are growing. The search of safer, simpler and automated prosthetic arms for …

Design of multiple wearable robotic extra fingers for human hand augmentation

M Malvezzi, Z Iqbal, MC Valigi, M Pozzi, D Prattichizzo… - Robotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Augmenting the human hand with robotic extra fingers is a cutting-edge research topic and
has many potential applications, in particular as a compensatory and rehabilitation tool for …

Design of soft grippers with modular actuated embedded constraints

GM Achilli, MC Valigi, G Salvietti, M Malvezzi - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Underactuated, modular and compliant hands and grippers are interesting solutions in
grasping and manipulation tasks due to their robustness, versatility, and adaptability to …

Trajectory optimization of a redundant serial robot using cartesian via points and kinematic decoupling

M Bottin, G Rosati - Robotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Moving from a given position to another with an industrial robot can be a challenging
problem when the task is redundant around the tool axis. In this case, there are infinite ways …

Evaluation of grip force and energy efficiency of the “Federica” hand

D Esposito, S Savino, C Cosenza, E Andreozzi… - Machines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The actual grip force provided by a hand prosthesis is an important parameter to evaluate its
efficiency. To this end, a split cylindrical handlebar embedding a single-axis load cell was …

Underactuated embedded constraints gripper for grasping in toxic environments

GM Achilli, S Logozzo, M Malvezzi, MC Valigi - SN Applied Sciences, 2023 - Springer
In this paper a soft gripper is proposed and designed to achieve some of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) described by United Nations (UN) and in particular SDG3, SDG8 …

A novel prosthetic finger design with high load-carrying capacity

S Liu, M Van, Z Chen, J Angeles, C Chen - Mechanism and Machine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hand loss can cause a significant reduction in functionality and psychological damage,
which can be partially recovered by hand prostheses. For 3D-printed prosthetic digits …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of a highly underactuated robotic hand

GA Zappatore, G Reina, A Messina - Int. J. Mech. Control, 2017 - researchgate.net
This paper presents a novel architecture of robotic hand designed for prosthesis purposes.
The system, referred to as the ADAM'S Hand, draws from the properties of differential …

Preliminary results in testing of a novel asymmetric underactuated robotic hand exoskeleton for motor impairment rehabilitation

FI Birouaș, RC Țarcă, S Dzitac, I Dzitac - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Robotic exoskeletons are a trending topic in both robotics and rehabilitation therapy. The
research presented in this paper is a summary of robotic exoskeleton development and …