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Special Issue on Wearable Robotics: Dynamics, Control and Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2019

Qining Wang*
Affiliation:
The Robotics Research Group, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Nicola Vitiello
Affiliation:
The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Samer Mohammed
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Images, Signals and Intelligent Systems (LISSI), University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), 94400 Vitry Sur Seine, France
Sunil Agrawal
Affiliation:
Robotics and Rehabilitation Laboratory (ROAR Lab), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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While initially conceived for human motion augmentation, wearable robots have gradually evolved as technological aids in motion assistance and rehabilitation. There are increasing real-world applications in industrial and medical scenarios. Though efforts have been made on wearable robotic systems, e.g. robotic prostheses and exoskeletons, there are still several challenges in kinematics and actuation solutions, dynamic analysis and control of human-robot systems, neuro-control and human-robot interfaces; ergonomics and human-in-the-loop optimization. Meanwhile, real-world applications in industrial or medical scenarios are facing difficulties considering effectiveness.

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