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Wearable upper limb robots can improve motor performance of stroke patients. The Armeo Spring, a wearable upper limb robot designed by Swiss company Hocoma, has been developed specifically to strengthen the upper limbs of stroke patients and improve treatment outcomes. The purpose of this article is to introduce this novel upper limb rehabilitation robot into the training of clinical daily activities. Armeo Spring is an upper limb mechanical structure with multiple joints and degrees of freedom, equipped with force and position sensors. Based on force control algorithms and real-time data monitoring, and targeting the patient’s active control strategy, the machine structure, motor actuators, sensors, and safety protection aspects have been optimized, and a game-based human-machine interaction method is used to train patients. This article introduces the design and development of the robot, as well as clinical experimental evaluations and verifications in stroke patients. Clinical research results confirm that the wearable upper limb robot can improve upper limb function in stroke patients.
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Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhuang, M., Cao, Z., Liu, J., Tian, J. (2023). Wearable Robots Improve Upper Limb Function In Stroke Patients. In: Yang, H., et al. Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14269. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6489-5_43
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