A voice activated bi-articular exosuit for upper limb assistance during lifting tasks

• Main Authors: Kim, Yongtae G., Little, Kieran, Noronha, Bernardo, Xiloyannis, Michele, Masia, Lorenzo, Accoto, Dino
• Other Authors: Robotics Research Centre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Exosuit; Wearable Robot
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159638
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Humans are favoured to conventional robotics for some tasks in industry due to their increased dexterity and fine motor skills, however, performance of these tasks can result in injury to the user at a cost to both the user and the employer. In this paper we describe a lightweight, upper-limb exosui...