A light-weight exoskeleton for hip flexion-extension assistance

Francesco Giovacchini; Matteo Fantozzi; Mariele Peroni; Matteo Moisé; Marco Cempini; Mario Cortese; Dirk Lefeber; Maria Chiara Carrozza; Nicola Vitiello

A light-weight exoskeleton for hip flexion-extension assistance

Francesco Giovacchini, Matteo Fantozzi, Mariele Peroni, Matteo Moisé, Marco Cempini, Mario Cortese, Dirk Lefeber, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Nicola Vitiello

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

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Abstract

Wearable robots can represent a way to rehabilitate and/or assist people affected by gait disorders that are common problems associated with ageing, following orthopedic surgery or diseases like brain injuries. In order to improve their usability and effectiveness, exoskeletons aiming at assisting people affected by gait impairments should be light-weight devices and have safe and low output impedance actuators. In this paper we present a light-weight exoskeleton endowed with two series elastic actuators for hip flexion-extension assistance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
Pages	194-198
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	1st International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Duration: Sep 18 2013 → Sep 20 2013

Other

Other	1st International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2013
Country	Portugal
City	Vilamoura, Algarve
Period	9/18/13 → 9/20/13

Keywords

Assistive technology
Gait aid
Lower-limb assistive exoskeleton
Powered orthosis
Series elastic actuator
Wearable robot

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence

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A light-weight exoskeleton for hip flexion-extension assistance. / Giovacchini, Francesco; Fantozzi, Matteo; Peroni, Mariele; Moisé, Matteo; Cempini, Marco; Cortese, Mario; Lefeber, Dirk; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Vitiello, Nicola.

NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics. 2013. p. 194-198.

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Giovacchini, F, Fantozzi, M, Peroni, M, Moisé, M, Cempini, M, Cortese, M, Lefeber, D, Carrozza, MC & Vitiello, N 2013, A light-weight exoskeleton for hip flexion-extension assistance. in NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics. pp. 194-198, 1st International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2013, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 9/18/13.

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