In Industry 4.0, wearable exoskeletons have been proposed as collaborative robotic devices to partially assist workers in heavy and dangerous tasks. Despite the recent researches, proposed prototypes and commercial products, some open issues concerning development, improvements and testing still exist. The current pilot study proposed the assessment of a proper biomechanical investigation of passive trunk exoskeleton effects on the human body. One healthy subject performed walking, stoop and semisquat tasks without, with exoskeleton no support and with exoskeleton with support. 3D Kinematic (angles, translations) and dynamic (interface forces) parameters of both human and exoskeleton were estimated. Some differences were pointed out comparing task motions and exoskeleton conditions. The presented preliminary test revealed interesting results in terms of different human joints coordination, interface forces exchanged at contact points and possible misalignment between human and device. The present study could be considered as a starting point for the investigation of exoskeleton effectiveness and interaction with the user.


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    Title :

    Kinematic and dynamic assessment of trunk exoskeleton



    Publication date :

    2021-01-01



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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