Powered smart textile-based exoskeleton for human support movement

• Author(s): Ferreira, C. ; Fertuzinhos, A. ; Silva, R. ; Ramalho, M. ; Vale, B. ; Silva, J. ; Costa, L. ; Oliveira, C. ; Ramôa, A. ; Aguiar, F. ; Pilastri, A. ; Matta, A. ; Dias, P. ; Sampaio, R. ; Machado, D. ; Costa, M. ; Roças, A. ; Madureira, P. ; Moreira, Juliana ; Pereira, J. R. ; Pereira, C. ; Pereira, F. B.
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/26466
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Exoskeleton; Sensing; Actuation; Muscles; Textile garments
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Description

Industrial environments require people’s physical efforts related to excessive force, poor posture, and repetitive tasks that increase the risk of developing musculoskeletal diseases. Due to the high prevalence of postural complaints and consequent global health burdens, a significant demand has been conducted to build and implement powered lower and upper limb devices for human enhancement, considering the working layout/position, anthropometric and ergonomic data to generate valuable information for posture correction guidance.