Wearable Exoskeleton Systems

Section 1: Review and overall requirements

Chapter 1: Lower-limb wearable robotics
Chapter 2: Review of exoskeletons for medical and service applications: ongoing research in Europe on wearable robots, with focus on lower extremity exoskeletons
Chapter 3: Soft wearable robots
Chapter 4: Exploring user requirements for a lower body soft exoskeleton to assist mobility



Section 2: Design and control of exoskeletons

Chapter 5: Design and control of spherical shoulder exoskeletons for assistive applications
Chapter 6: Calibration platform for wearable 3D motion sensors
Chapter 7: Control and performance of upper- and lower extremity SEA-based exoskeletons
Chapter 8: Gait-event-based synchronization and control of a compact portable knee-ankle-foot exoskeleton robot for gait rehabilitation



Section 3: Devices

Chapter 9: Real-time gait planning for a lower limb exoskeleton robot
Chapter 10: Soft wearable assistive robotics: exosuits and supernumerary limbs
Chapter 11: Walking assistive apparatus for gait training patients and promotion exercise of the elderly



Section 4: Commercialization issues

Chapter 12: Regulatory issues for exoskeletons
Chapter 13: Test methods for exoskeletons - lessons learned from industrial and response robotics
Chapter 14: Ekso Bionics