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This paper concentrates on new technology development to support human mobility of ageing people. The development is based on human biomechanics. Movement of different joints and combination of joints are observed closely. On that basis, attempt has been made to design exoskeleton to support different body parts of old person. This research will help aged people for normal movement with ease. The paper aims to the major objectives which includes 1. To develop an exoskeleton powerful enough to transmit required high force to the muscles of the patients, so that patients don’t feel any difference between human physiotherapists & the exoskeleton. 2. To make the process of physiotherapy exercise beneficial for stroke patients. The proposed motor actuated wearable mechanical structure for upper limb (also known as upper limb exoskeleton) is to be integrated with virtual reality games. The elderly persons are noticed to have major problem in the lower limb i.e. hip, knee and ankle. The Paper introduces a measure to aid the people with lower limb disability.
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Pandey, R., Mandal, M. (2020). Robotic Intervention for Elderly - A Rehabilitation Aid for Better Living. In: Tiwary, U., Chaudhury, S. (eds) Intelligent Human Computer Interaction. IHCI 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11886. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44689-5_18
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