Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation (RAR) is relevant for treating patients affected by nervous system injuries (e.g., stroke and spinal cord injury). The accurate estimation of the joint angles of the patient limbs in RAR is critical to assess the patient improvement. The economical prevalent method to estimate the patient posture in Exoskeleton-based RAR is to approximate the limb joint angles with...

Human motion is a daily and rhythmic activity. The exoskeleton concept is a very positive scientific approach for human rehabilitation in case of lower limb impairment. Although the exoskeleton shows potential, it is not yet applied extensively in clinical rehabilitation. In this research, a fuzzy based control algorithm is proposed for lower limb exoskeletons during sit-to-stand and stand-to-s...

This paper presents a novel wheelchair–exoskeleton hybrid robot that can transform between sitting and walking modes. The lower-limb exoskeleton uses planetary-geared motors to support the hip knee joints. Meanwhile, ankle joints are passive. left right wheel modules be retracted lower legs of prepare for or stepping over obstacles. chair designed form stable posture avoid falling while traveli...

Recent studies reported positive effects of bilateral arm training on stroke rehabilitations. The development of novel robotic-based therapeutic interventions aims at recovery of the motor control system of the upper limb, in addition to the increase of the understanding of neurological mechanisms underlying the recovery of function post stroke. A dual-arm upper limb exoskeleton EXO-UL7 that is...

The prevalence of neurological diseases such as stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury is increasing quickly in the industrialised societies. Although the benefit of the use of technology in rehabilitation and neurorehabilitation programs is proved, the presence of mechatronic systems is still very low. This paper proposes a new lower limb exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation in p...