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. 2012:2012:6124-7.
doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347391.

On the design of ergonomic wearable robotic devices for motion assistance and rehabilitation

Azzurra Chiri  1 , Marco Cempini, Stefano Marco Maria De Rossi, Tommaso Lenzi, Francesco Giovacchini, Nicola Vitiello, Maria Chiara Carrozza
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On the design of ergonomic wearable robotic devices for motion assistance and rehabilitation

Azzurra Chiri et al. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012.

Abstract

The appropriate ergonomic design of a wearable robotic device is critical for the effectiveness of the device itself. In this paper we identified two key requirements for a structural ergonomics: the correct kinematic compatibility with the human limb and a comfortable and adaptable physical human-robot interface. We then show how the aforementioned requirements have been faced and implemented in the mechanical design of two wearable devices for elbow and hand rehabilitation, both developed at The BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna.

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