Exo-Glove Poly II: A Polymer-Based Soft Wearable Robot for the Hand with a Tendon-Driven Actuation System

• Published in: Soft robotics Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 214
• Main Authors: Kang, Brian Byunghyun, Choi, Hyungmin, Lee, Haemin, Cho, Kyu-Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Equipment Design - instrumentation; Exoskeleton Device; Gloves, Protective; Hand - physiology; Hand Strength - physiology; Humans; Polymers - chemistry; Robotics - instrumentation; Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology; Tendons - physiology; Wearable Electronic Devices; soft wearable robot; wearable hand robot; polymer-based; hand-assist robot; tendon-driven

This article presents Exo-Glove Poly (EGP) II, a soft wearable robot for the hand with a glove that is completely constructed of polymer materials and that operates through tendon-driven actuation for use in spinal cord injury (SCI). EGP II can restore the ability to pinch and grasp any object for p...