Biomechanical Testing of an Upper-Extremity Occupational Exoskeleton - Preliminary Report on Methodologies and Pilot Data

• Published in: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 2013 - 2017
• Main Authors: Kudernatsch, Simon, Peterson, Donald R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2018

Current and rapidly emerging occupational exoskeleton and exosuit technologies target increases in worker performance and safety through reductions of potentially harmful biomechanical exposures. While long-term effectiveness of these technologies cannot be readily evaluated, short-term effectivenes...