Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications
Arm support systems provide support throughout daily tasks, training or in an industrial environment. During the last decades a large diversity of actuated arm support systems have been developed. To analyze the actuation principles in these systems, an overview of actuated arm support systems is pr...
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| author | E.A. Lomonova B.L.J. Gysen D.J. van der Pijl J.W. Jansen L.A. van der Heide B. van Ninhuijs |
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| description | Arm support systems provide support throughout daily tasks, training or in an industrial environment. During the last decades a large diversity of actuated arm support systems have been developed. To analyze the actuation principles in these systems, an overview of actuated arm support systems is provided. This overview visualizes the current trends on research and development of these support systems and distinguishes three categories. These categories depend mainly on the functional status of the user environment, which defines the specifications. Therefore, the actuated arm support systems are classified according to their user environment, namely: ambulatory, rehabilitation and industrial. Furthermore, three main actuation principles and three mechanical construction principles have been identified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5e926d669d24b47942246e6fd8727122022-12-22T03:10:42ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252013-10-01248611010.3390/act2040086Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their ApplicationsE.A. LomonovaB.L.J. GysenD.J. van der PijlJ.W. JansenL.A. van der HeideB. van NinhuijsArm support systems provide support throughout daily tasks, training or in an industrial environment. During the last decades a large diversity of actuated arm support systems have been developed. To analyze the actuation principles in these systems, an overview of actuated arm support systems is provided. This overview visualizes the current trends on research and development of these support systems and distinguishes three categories. These categories depend mainly on the functional status of the user environment, which defines the specifications. Therefore, the actuated arm support systems are classified according to their user environment, namely: ambulatory, rehabilitation and industrial. Furthermore, three main actuation principles and three mechanical construction principles have been identified.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/2/4/86assistive devicesarm support systemsactuationorthosisdynamic arm supportexoskeleton |
| spellingShingle | E.A. Lomonova B.L.J. Gysen D.J. van der Pijl J.W. Jansen L.A. van der Heide B. van Ninhuijs Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications Actuators assistive devices arm support systems actuation orthosis dynamic arm support exoskeleton |
| title | Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications |
| title_full | Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications |
| title_fullStr | Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications |
| title_short | Overview of Actuated Arm Support Systems and Their Applications |
| title_sort | overview of actuated arm support systems and their applications |
| topic | assistive devices arm support systems actuation orthosis dynamic arm support exoskeleton |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/2/4/86 |
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