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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"hand exoskeleton"”.
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Design and Integration of a Form-Fitting General Purpose Robotic Hand Exoskeleton
This thesis explores the field of robotic hand exoskeletons and their applications. These systems have emerged in popularity over the years, due to their potentials to advance the medical field as assistive and rehabilitation devices, and the field of virtual reality as haptic gloves. Although much …
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Assessment of a hand exoskeleton on proximal and distal training in virtual environments for robot mediated upper extremity rehabilitation
… individuals with stroke. An active (motorized) hand exoskeleton that provides support for wrist flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, pronation/supination, and finger pinch is integrated with a pre-existing 3-Degree of Freedom (DOF) haptic robot (Haptic Master, FCS Moog) to determine the …
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Development of a Conducting Polymer based Flexible Position Sensor for the Control of Hand Exoskeletons
There is an increasing demand for hand exoskeleton as they can enhance the capability of a healthy human hand beyond its natural capacity or rehabilitate a disabled hand impacted from injuries or serious illnesses such as stroke. At present, hand exoskeletons face an issue regarding to the sensors …
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Development of Intelligent Exoskeleton Grasping Through Sensor Fusion and Slip Detection
This thesis explores the field of hand exoskeleton robotic systems with slip detection and its applications. It presents the design and control of the intelligent sensing and force- feedback exoskeleton robotic (iSAFER) glove to create a system capable of intelligent object grasping initiated by …
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Finger Exoskeleton – Towards an EVA Exoskeleton Hand Analysis, Modelling, Design and Implementation
… Therefore a device able to reduce the hand’s fatigue, during EVA missions would be a significant improvement for the astronauts, increasing working hours with more comfort, allowing them to accomplish their task in a more efficient way, improving finally the crew productivity. The topic …
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Wearable exoskeleton systems based-on pneumatic soft actuators and controlled by parallel processing
… and one technology that may be applicable is exoskeletons. However, traditional rigid exoskeletons have many drawbacks. This research includes the design and implementation of upper-limb power assist and rehabilitation exoskeletons based on pneumatic soft actuators. A novel extensor-contractor …