Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review
In the industrial and military sector, work activities are required transporting or supporting heavy loads manually, affecting this the human spinal column due to the weight of the loads or the repetition of this labor. In this regard, the use of force-enhancing exoskeletons is a potential solution...
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description | In the industrial and military sector, work activities are required transporting or supporting heavy loads manually, affecting this the human spinal column due to the weight of the loads or the repetition of this labor. In this regard, the use of force-enhancing exoskeletons is a potential solution to this issue. Therefore, this article summarizes the state of the art in relevant contributions to structural design, control systems, actuators, and performance metrics to evaluate the proper functioning of exoskeletons used for load support and transfer. This is essential to address current and new open problems in these applications, and this includes reducing the metabolic cost and enhancing the loading force in exoskeletons, in which challenges such as structural design and kinetic interactions between the human and the robot are presented. The systematic review of the strategies found in the literature helps addressing these challenges in an orderly way. The proposal of some alternative solutions could help to solving some of the challenges mentioned above, as well as further research to improve the design of these devices is necessary. |
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spelling | doaj.art-73c709783aae415ba81b30893230659f2023-01-31T18:09:37ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142023-01-012010.1177/17298806221149473Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general reviewAJ Martínez-Mata0A Blanco-Ortega1CH Guzmán-Valdivia2A Abúndez-Pliego3MA García-Velarde4A Magadán-Salazar5R Osorio-Sánchez6 Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Centro de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Morelos, Mexico Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Departamento de Ciencias Computacionales, Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Centro Universitario de los Valles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoIn the industrial and military sector, work activities are required transporting or supporting heavy loads manually, affecting this the human spinal column due to the weight of the loads or the repetition of this labor. In this regard, the use of force-enhancing exoskeletons is a potential solution to this issue. Therefore, this article summarizes the state of the art in relevant contributions to structural design, control systems, actuators, and performance metrics to evaluate the proper functioning of exoskeletons used for load support and transfer. This is essential to address current and new open problems in these applications, and this includes reducing the metabolic cost and enhancing the loading force in exoskeletons, in which challenges such as structural design and kinetic interactions between the human and the robot are presented. The systematic review of the strategies found in the literature helps addressing these challenges in an orderly way. The proposal of some alternative solutions could help to solving some of the challenges mentioned above, as well as further research to improve the design of these devices is necessary.https://doi.org/10.1177/17298806221149473 |
spellingShingle | AJ Martínez-Mata A Blanco-Ortega CH Guzmán-Valdivia A Abúndez-Pliego MA García-Velarde A Magadán-Salazar R Osorio-Sánchez Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems |
title | Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review |
title_full | Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review |
title_fullStr | Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review |
title_full_unstemmed | Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review |
title_short | Engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons: A general review |
title_sort | engineering design strategies for force augmentation exoskeletons a general review |
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