[ARTICLE] An Overview of Artificial Intelligence-based Soft Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation: A Descriptive Review – Full Text PDF

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.

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Examples of soft exoskeletons for shoulder joints.