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 |
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| 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 |
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| Country/Territory | 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