LIMPACT:A Hydraulically Powered Self-Aligning Upper Limb Exoskeleton

• Published in: IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 2285 - 2298
• Main Authors: Otten, Alexander, Voort, Carsten, Stienen, Arno, Aarts, Ronald, van Asseldonk, Edwin, van der Kooij, Herman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Compensation; Couplings; Elbow; Exoskeletons; Gravitation; Human; hydraulic systems; Impedance; Joints; modeling; Patients; predictive control; Reflexes; robots; Safety; Springs; Strokes; Torque; Weight reduction; modeling; hydraulic systems; robots; predictive control; Compensation

The LIMPACT is an exoskeleton developed to be used in identifying the reflex properties of the arm in stroke survivors. Information on joint reflexes helps in designing optimal patient specific therapy programs. The LIMPACT is dynamically transparent by combining a lightweight skeleton with high pow...