Portable Exoskeleton Glove With Soft Structure for Hand Assistance in Activities of Daily Living

• Published in: IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 865 - 875
• Main Authors: Popov, Dmitry, Gaponov, Igor, Jee-Hwan Ryu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.04.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Actuators; Cable-driven glove; Diameters; exoskeleton; Exoskeletons; Fingers; Hand (anatomy); IEEE transactions; Kinematics; Mechatronics; Medical treatment; Pinch force; Portable equipment; Robots; wearable robot; Wrist

This paper presents a new portable exoskeleton glove developed for assistance in activities of daily living (ADL). The proposed glove is soft, adjustable, allows unconstrained motion of the wrist, and leaves the palm free for object grasping and manipulation. In the proposed design, both flexion and...