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[ARTICLE] An Overview of Artificial Intelligence-based Soft Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation: A Descriptive Review – Full Text PDF
Posted by Kostas Pantremenos in Artificial intelligence on January 18, 2023
Abstract: The upper limb robotic exoskeleton is an electromechanical device which
use to recover a patient’s motor dysfunction in the rehabilitation field. It can provide
repetitive, comprehensive, focused, positive, and precise training to regain the joints
and muscles’ capability. It has been shown that existing robotic exoskeletons are
generally used rigid motors and mechanical structures. Soft robotic devices can be a
correct substitute for rigid ones. Soft exosuits are flexible, portable, comfortable,
user-friendly, low-cost, and travel-friendly. Somehow, they need expertise or
therapist to assist those devices. Also, they cannot be adaptable to different patients
with non-identical physical parameters and various rehabilitation needs. For that
reason, nowadays we need intelligent exoskeletons during rehabilitation which have
to learn from patient’s previous data and act according to it with patient’s intention.
There also has a big gap between theoretical and practical applications for using
those exoskeletons. Most of the intelligent exoskeletons are prototype in manner. To
solve this problem, the robotic exoskeleton should be made both criteria as
ergonomic and portable. The exoskeletons have to the power of decision-making to
avoid the presence of expertise. In this growing field, the present trend is to make
the exoskeleton intelligent and make it more reliable to use in clinical practice.