...Meby Mathew; Mervin Joe Thomas; M.G. Navaneeth; Shifa Sulaiman; A.N. Amudhan; A.P. Sudheer Purpose The purpose of this review paper is to address the substantial challenges of the outdated exoskeletons used for rehabilitation and further study the current advancements in this field...

... optimization Assistive robotics Exoskeleton Artificial neural network First introduced in the 1950s by the Bridgestone rubber company (Japan) for its use in artificial limbs, pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) (Chou and Hannaford, 1996) is still considered one of the most preferred actuators...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide an insight into recent developments in the robotic exoskeleton business by considering research, corporate activities, products and emerging applications. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first provides examples...

... and efficient manner. Design/methodology/approach The proposed design consists of a lower limb exoskeleton carrying two motorized wheels and two free wheels installed alongside its feet. This paper presents a detailed description of the system with its preliminary design and finite element analysis...

...Payman Joudzadeh; Alireza Hadi; Bahram Tarvirdizadeh; Danial Borooghani; Khalil Alipour Purpose This paper aims to deal with the development of a novel lower limb exoskeleton to assist disabled people in stair ascending. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a novel design of a mixture...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide details of the emerging families of robotic exoskeletons that are aimed at industrial applications. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this paper considers the reasons for, and benefits of, using robotic exoskeletons...

... of brain–computer interface technology to robotic rehabilitation. Finally, concluding comments are drawn. Findings Research has shown that robotic techniques can assist in the restoration of functionality to partially or fully paralysed upper and lower limbs. A growing number of commercial exoskeleton...

...Robert Bogue Purpose – This article aims to provide details of recent robotic exoskeleton developments and applications. Design/methodology/approach – Following an introduction, this article first considers some of the technological issues associated with an exoskeleton design...