Experimental Study of Upper Limb Exoskeleton Control Based on IMUs Sensory System

Atia, Mohamed G. B.; Ibrahim, Khalil; Salah, Omar

doi:10.1109/niles.2019.8909299

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“…There are three shoulder-elbow exoskeletons: Power-Assist Exoskeleton [55], [56], Low-cost Upper Limb Exoskeleton [57], [58] and Motorised Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX) [59], [60]. These exoskeletons provide active assistance for shoulder flexion extension and elbow flexion extension.…”

Section: Shoulder-elbow Exoskeletonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Low-Cost Upper Limb Exoskeleton is designed to assist elderly and disabled individuals with upper limb weakness during ADLs. It can be mounted directly on the user or a cart [57], [58]. The Motorized WREX is developed based on commercially available passive WREX and can be mounted on the user or wheelchair [59], [60].…”

Section: Shoulder-elbow Exoskeletonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Joint kinetics and kinematics were assessed for three exoskeletons [65]- [67]. Additionally, functional performance validation studies were conducted to evaluate tool trajectory for the Power Assist Exoskeleton [55], [56] and Low-cost upper-limb exoskeleton [57], [58].…”

Section: Adls-related Exoskeleton Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exoskeletons for Elderly Activity of Daily Living Assistance: A Review of Upper Limb Exoskeletons and Assessments

Abdul Jalal,

Haizi Harith,

Wan Hasan

et al. 2024

IJIE

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Population ageing is a major global issue. The elderly population aged 65 and above made up approximately 9% of the world's population in 2019, with projections indicating this will rise to 16%, or 1.5 billion individuals, by 2050. The elderly experience a natural decline in strength, endurance, agility, and flexibility. Exoskeletons have the potential to assist the elderly in daily tasks, improve mobility and balance, and provide additional strength, endurance, and capability to maintain accurate limb movement. Their application leads to a more independent and autonomous life, fostering healthy ageing and ageing in place. However, their development requires thorough considerations of functionality and user experience criteria, such as addressing the alignment with human joints, social acceptance, and motivation for exoskeleton usage. This review presents an overview of upper-limb exoskeletons designed to assist the elderly in activities of daily living, focusing on exoskeleton types and assessments. Eighteen upper limb exoskeletons were identified from the literature and categorised based on supported body segment and structure. Most of the exoskeletons are either in the embodiment design or prototyping stages and their evaluations were predominantly performed in the laboratory or simulated environment. Elderly participation in exoskeleton assessment is currently limited. There is a lack of standardized exoskeleton assessments essential for certifications, commercialization, and universal benchmarks in diverse studies. These standards would ensure consistent, repeatable, reliable, validated, and comparable findings

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Section: Shoulder-elbow Exoskeletonmentioning

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Section: Shoulder-elbow Exoskeletonmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exoskeletons for Elderly Activity of Daily Living Assistance: A Review of Upper Limb Exoskeletons and Assessments

Abdul Jalal,

Haizi Harith,

Wan Hasan

et al. 2024

IJIE

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“…The motion trajectories of human limbs can be obtained with the application of IMU sensors, which incorporate accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer [68]. IMU and potentiometer sensors have been used to establish the interaction between 2 DOF upper limb exoskeleton and the subject to obtain comfortable and compliant joint motions in the work done by Atia et al, [69]. As a result, high performance of the device has been achieved in terms of successfully following and controlling upper limb motions.…”

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State-of-the-Art Assistive Powered Upper Limb Exoskeletons for Elderly

2020

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The number of older people is growing rapidly around the world. Ageing process results in reduced or restricted mobility which is essential to perform activities of daily living. Currently, there are numerous powered assistive exoskeletons commercially available as well as are being developed to support and rehabilitate lower limbs. Significant attention is also been given to develop upper limb rehabilitation devices, however the question of what kind of assistive devices can be used by elderly group of people for their upper limbs and what technical characteristics they should incorporate is not properly researched. This paper presents the state of the art of currently available assistive exoskeletons which can be exploited to support the motions of upper limbs of elderly to perform activities of daily living. Mechanism type, degrees of freedom, type actuators and materials selected for the fabrication of these porotypes are presented in detail. Also, the type of control systems utilized for these upper limb exoskeletons are discussed in detail with the insight on the feedback signal methods. A detailed discussion on the challenges in the fields of mechanism development, actuation and control for these upper limb powered exoskeletons is presented with the opportunities for future technological developments.

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Experimental Study of Upper Limb Exoskeleton Control Based on IMUs Sensory System

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Exoskeletons for Elderly Activity of Daily Living Assistance: A Review of Upper Limb Exoskeletons and Assessments

Exoskeletons for Elderly Activity of Daily Living Assistance: A Review of Upper Limb Exoskeletons and Assessments

State-of-the-Art Assistive Powered Upper Limb Exoskeletons for Elderly

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