Wearable Robotics: Systems and Applications

by Jacob Rosen

Overview

Wearable Robotics: Systems and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the entire field of wearable robotics, including active orthotics (exoskeleton) and active prosthetics for the upper and lower limb and full body. In its two major sections, wearable robotics systems are described from both engineering perspectives and their application in medicine and industry. Systems and applications at various levels of the development cycle are presented, including those that are still under active research and development, systems that are under preliminary or full clinical trials, and those in commercialized products.

This book is a great resource for anyone working in this field, including researchers, industry professionals and those who want to use it as a teaching mechanism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128146590
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/18/2019
Pages:	550
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jacob Rosen is a professor of medical robotics at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with joint appointments with the Department Surgery and the Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research interests focus on medical robotics, biorobotics, human centered robotics, surgical robotics, wearable robotics, rehabilitation robotics, neural control, and human-machine interface.

Dr. Rosen developed several key systems in the field of medical robotics such as the Blue and the Red Dragon for minimally invasive surgical skill evaluation that is commercialized by Simulab as the “Edge”, Raven – a surgical robotic system for telesurgery that is commercialized by Applied Dexterity as an open source research platform, several generations of upper and lower limb exoskeletons and most recently the Exo-UL7 – a dual arm wearable robotic system. He is a co-author of more than 100 manuscripts in the field of medical robotics and a co-author and co-editor of two books entitled “Surgical Robotics – Systems, Applications, and Visions” and "Redundancy in Robot Manipulators and Multi-robot systems".

Table of Contents

1. Upper Limb Exoskeleton Systems - Overview
2. Development and Control of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot for Rehabilitation
3. Design of the Arm Exoskeleton ABLE Achieving Torque Control Using Ball Screw and Cable Mechanism
4. Rigid Versus Soft Exoskeletons: Interaction Strategies for Upper Limb Assistive Technology
5. EXO-UL Upper Limb Robotic Exoskeleton System Series: From 1 DOF Single-Arm to (711) DOFs Dual-Arm
6. PRISM: Development of a 2-DOF Dual-Four-Bar Exoskeleton Shoulder Mechanism to Support Elevation, Depression, Protraction, and Retraction
7. Design and Modeling of Shoulder Exoskeleton Using Two Revolute Joints
8. Hand Exoskeleton Systems - Overview
9. A Portable Tailor-Made Exoskeleton for Hand Disabilities
10. Optimal Kinematic Design of the Link Lengths of a Hand Exoskeleton
11. Lower Limb Exoskeleton Systems - Overview
12. WalkON Suit: A Medalist in the Powered Exoskeleton Race of Cybathlon 2016
13. Design of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons and Emulator Systems
14. Physical Assistant Robot Safety
15. Current Evidence for Use of Robotic Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation
16. Structural Exoskeletons and Soft Fabric Exosuits for Assistive Walking
17. Hybrid Exoskeletons to Restore Gait in Individuals With Paralysis From Spinal Cord Injury
18. Hybrid Wearable Robotic Exoskeletons for Human Walking
19. Upper Limb Active Prosthetic Systems - Overview
20. Design Principles of a Light, Wearable Upper Limb Interface for Prosthetics and Teleoperation
21. The Modular Prosthetic Limb
22. Sensing and Control for Prosthetic Hands in Clinical and Research Applications
23. Lower Limb Active Prosthetic Systems - Overview
24. Controlling a Powered Transfemoral Prosthetic Leg Using a Unified Phase Variable

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Provides an entry point into the world of wearable robotics, including fundamentals, systems and applications