Personalizing exoskeleton assistance while walking in the real world

Deep Learning Enables Exoboot Control to Augment Variable-Speed Walking

(2022) Max K. Shepherd et al.   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

A Promising Wearable Solution for the Practical and Accurate Monitoring of Low Back Loading in Manual Material Handling

(2021) Emily S. Matijevich et al.   SENSORS

Estimation of Metabolic Energy Expenditure during Short Walking Bouts

(2021) Ilse Johanna Blokland et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

A unified energy-optimality criterion predicts human navigation paths and speeds

(2021) Geoffrey L. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sensing leg movement enhances wearable monitoring of energy expenditure

(2021) Patrick Slade et al.   Nature Communications

Outside testing of wearable robots for gait assistance shows a higher metabolic benefit than testing on treadmills

(2021) Florian Leander Haufe et al.   Scientific Reports

Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking

(2021) R. W. Nuckols et al.   Science Robotics

How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance

(2021) Katherine L. Poggensee et al.   Science Robotics

Improving the Energy Cost of Incline Walking and Stair Ascent With Ankle Exoskeleton Assistance in Cerebral Palsy

(2021) Ying Fang et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Static, Dynamic, and Cognitive Fit of Exosystems for the Human Operator

(2020) Leia Stirling et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy

(2020) Gregory S. Sawicki et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Improving the energy economy of human running with powered and unpowered ankle exoskeleton assistance

(2020) Kirby A. Witte et al.   Science Robotics

Walking with a powered ankle-foot orthosis: the effects of actuation timing and stiffness level on healthy users

(2020) Marta Moltedo et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Predicting walking response to ankle exoskeletons using data-driven models

(2020) Michael C. Rosenberg et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Using Reinforcement Learning to Estimate Human Joint Moments via EMG Signals or Joint Kinematics: An Alternative Solution to Musculoskeletal-Based Biomechanics

(2020) Wen Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Words matter: instructions dictate “self-selected” walking speed in young adults

(2019) Sarah A. Brinkerhoff et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Delayed Output Feedback Control for Gait Assistance With a Robotic Hip Exoskeleton

(2019) Bokman Lim et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit

(2019) Jinsoo Kim et al.   SCIENCE

A Controller for Guiding Leg Movement During Overground Walking With a Lower Limb Exoskeleton

(2018) Andres Martinez et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement

(2018) Ajay Seth et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The effect of walking speed on the foot inter-segment kinematics, ground reaction forces and lower limb joint moments

(2018) Dong Sun et al.   PeerJ

State of the Art and Future Directions for Lower Limb Robotic Exoskeletons

(2017) Aaron J. Young et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING

Reducing the metabolic cost of walking with an ankle exoskeleton: interaction between actuation timing and power

(2017) Samuel Galle et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Physical interface dynamics alter how robotic exosuits augment human movement: implications for optimizing wearable assistive devices

(2017) Matthew B. Yandell et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Human-in-the-loop optimization of exoskeleton assistance during walking

(2017) Juanjuan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Translating Fatigue to Human Performance

(2016) ROGER M. ENOKA et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

The metabolic cost of changing walking speeds is significant, implies lower optimal speeds for shorter distances, and increases daily energy estimates

(2015) Nidhi Seethapathi et al.   Biology Letters

Reducing the energy cost of human walking using an unpowered exoskeleton

(2015) Steven H. Collins et al.   NATURE

A survey of sensor fusion methods in wearable robotics

(2015) Domen Novak et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Estimating instantaneous energetic cost during non-steady-state gait

(2014) Jessica C. Selinger et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking

(2014) Luke M Mooney et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking during load carriage

(2014) Luke M Mooney et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

(2014) A. J. Ijspeert   SCIENCE

A Universal Ankle–Foot Prosthesis Emulator for Human Locomotion Experiments

(2013) Joshua M. Caputo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Variable impedance actuators: A review

(2013) B. Vanderborght et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Intention-Based EMG Control for Powered Exoskeletons

(2012) T. Lenzi et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Gait Speed and Survival in Older Adults

(2011) Stephanie Studenski   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Distinct fast and slow processes contribute to the selection of preferred step frequency during human walking

(2011) Mark Snaterse et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Time Spent in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors on the Working Day

(2011) Catrine Tudor-Locke et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Compliant actuator designs

(2009) Ronald Ham et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

How humans walk: Bout duration, steps per bout, and rest duration

(2009) Michael S. Orendurff   JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Lower Extremity Exoskeletons and Active Orthoses: Challenges and State-of-the-Art

(2008) Aaron M. Dollar et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics