Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment

• Published in: IEEE transactions on robotics Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 1460 - 1471
• Main Authors: Park, Daegeun, Toxiri, Stefano, Chini, Giorgia, Natali, Christian Di, Caldwell, Darwin G., Ortiz, Jesus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Arms; Design improvements; Exoskeletons; Force; Human-centered robotics; Joints (anatomy); Kinematics; mechanism design; Misalignment; Muscles; performance evaluation and benchmarking; Pulleys; Robots; Rotation; Shoulder; Tendons; Torque; Tracking; wearable robots; Wearable technology

Shoulder-sideWINDER is an exoskeleton to assist the shoulder movement of workers performing manual tasks. It aims to minimize discomfort caused by a joint misalignment between the shoulder and an exoskeleton, which is a common problem with many closely coupled systems. Based on the shoulder's m...