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Flexible lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot: A review
- 1 Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
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Abstract
Today, medical and rehabilitation exoskeletons are chosen by more therapists to treat individuals with lower limb injuries. A flexible lower limb exoskeleton (FLLE) is a new exoskeleton robot for rehabilitation. Compared with rigid lower extremity exoskeleton (RLLE), FLLE has the advantages of lower weight, better compliance, lower energy consumption, and higher safety. This paper reviews the development and innovation of FLLE in recent years from the aspects of driving mode, design requirements and critical technologies. The characteristics of existing FLLE products are analyzed and summarized, and the challenges and future development directions of the research, such as the construction of a general, flexible exoskeleton power system model, motion intention and fast processing of pattern recognition, are discussed.
Keywords
Flexible exoskeleton, Robot, Key technology, Lower limb rehabilitation, Intelligence
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Wang,H. (2024). Flexible lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot: A review. Applied and Computational Engineering,45,17-23.
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