Upper limb soft robotic wearable devices: a systematic review.

Introduction: Soft robotic wearable devices, referred to as exosuits, can be a valid alternative to rigid exoskeletons when it comes to daily upper limb support. Indeed, their inherent flexibility improves comfort, usability, and portability while not constraining the user's natural degrees of freedom. This review is meant to guide the reader in understanding the current approaches across all design and production steps that might be exploited when developing an upper limb robotic exosuit.

Adaptive Cooperative Control for Hybrid FES-Robotic Upper Limb Devices: a Simulation Study.

Robotic systems and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) are common technologies exploited in motor rehabilitation. However, they present some limits. To overcome the weaknesses of both approaches, hybrid cooperative devices have been developed, which combine the action of the robot and that of the electrically stimulated muscles on the same joint.