TY - JOUR
T1 - Benchmarking Wearable Robots
T2 - Challenges and Recommendations From Functional, User Experience, and Methodological Perspectives
AU - Torricelli, Diego
AU - Rodriguez-Guerrero, Carlos
AU - Veneman, Jan F.
AU - Crea, Simona
AU - Briem, Kristin
AU - Lenggenhager, Bigna
AU - Beckerle, Philipp
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by the H2020 Project EUROBENCH (grant no. 779963), and was partly based on
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Torricelli, Rodriguez-Guerrero, Veneman, Crea, Briem, Lenggenhager and Beckerle.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/13
Y1 - 2020/11/13
N2 - Wearable robots (WRs) are increasingly moving out of the labs toward real-world applications. In order for WRs to be effectively and widely adopted by end-users, a common benchmarking framework needs to be established. In this article, we outline the perspectives that in our opinion are the main determinants of this endeavor, and exemplify the complex landscape into three areas. The first perspective is related to quantifying the technical performance of the device and the physical impact of the device on the user. The second one refers to the understanding of the user's perceptual, emotional, and cognitive experience of (and with) the technology. The third one proposes a strategic path for a global benchmarking methodology, composed by reproducible experimental procedures representing real-life conditions. We hope that this paper can enable developers, researchers, clinicians and end-users to efficiently identify the most promising directions for validating their technology and drive future research efforts in the short and medium term.
AB - Wearable robots (WRs) are increasingly moving out of the labs toward real-world applications. In order for WRs to be effectively and widely adopted by end-users, a common benchmarking framework needs to be established. In this article, we outline the perspectives that in our opinion are the main determinants of this endeavor, and exemplify the complex landscape into three areas. The first perspective is related to quantifying the technical performance of the device and the physical impact of the device on the user. The second one refers to the understanding of the user's perceptual, emotional, and cognitive experience of (and with) the technology. The third one proposes a strategic path for a global benchmarking methodology, composed by reproducible experimental procedures representing real-life conditions. We hope that this paper can enable developers, researchers, clinicians and end-users to efficiently identify the most promising directions for validating their technology and drive future research efforts in the short and medium term.
KW - benchmarking
KW - function
KW - methodology
KW - user experience
KW - wearable robots
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U2 - 10.3389/frobt.2020.561774
DO - 10.3389/frobt.2020.561774
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096939304
VL - 7
JO - Frontiers in Robotics and AI
JF - Frontiers in Robotics and AI
SN - 2296-9144
M1 - 561774
ER -