Human interaction & gait strategy with tightly-coupled lower-extremity systems

Interest in the use of exoskeletons (wearable robotic devices tightly-coupled to the user's body) for human gait augmentation has soared recently, with research flourishing in system design, control, and use efficacy. Use cases span many fields, from military (e.g. load carriage assistance) to medicine (e.g. gait rehabilitation or restoration) and industry (e.g. injury prevention). Evaluating the human factors of human-exoskeleton interaction is an essential step towards operationalization. Unexplained variation in gait strategy and adaptation observed across individual operators must be better understood to enable safe and effective exoskeleton use in real-life environments. Cognitive fit is an individuals' understanding and ability to operate a system. Exoskeletons and similar tightly-coupled lower-extremity (TCLE) systems entail new interaction modalities that may affect cognitive fit.

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Doctoral

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Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2021

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• Gupta, Aditi,M. Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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• Leia A. Stirling.

• Harvard--MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130718

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/130718