Cable-driven underactuated wearable robotic devices for hand assistance

• Main Author: Bernardo, Alexandre Pinto Sales de Noronha
• Other Authors: Domenico Campolo
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Bio-mechatronics; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots; Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering; Engineering::Mathematics and analysis::Simulations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165023
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wearable robots have shown promise for providing high-intensity, repetitive training in post-stroke rehabilitation settings, but also for aiding in performing activities of daily life. Most current robotic solutions make use of either rigid or soft mechanisms. The former can provide more power with...