State-of-the-Art of Hand Exoskeleton Systems

Mozaffari Foumashi, Mohammad ; Troncossi, Marco ; Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo (2011) State-of-the-Art of Hand Exoskeleton Systems. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/3198.
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This paper deals with the analysis of the state-of-the-art of robotic hand exoskeletons (updated at May 2011), which is intended as the first step of a designing activity. A large number of hand exoskeletons (both products and prototypes) that feature some common characteristics and many special peculiarities are reported in the literature. Indeed, in spite of very similar functionalities, different hand exoskeletons can be extremely different for the characteristics of their mechanism architectures, control systems and working principles. The aim of this paper is to provide the reader with a complete and schematic picture of the state-of-the-art of hand exoskeletons. The focus is placed on the description of the main aspects that are involved in the exoskeleton design such as the system kinematics, the actuator systems, the transmission parts and the control schemes. Additionally, the critical issues provided by the literature analysis are discussed in order to enlighten the differences and the common features of different practical solutions. This paper may help to understand both the reasons why certain solutions are proposed for the different applications and the advantages and drawbacks of the different designs proposed in the literature. The motivation of this study is the need to design a new hand exoskeleton for rehabilitation purposes.

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Mozaffari Foumashi, Mohammad
Troncossi, Marco
Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo
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27 Dic 2011 13:26
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