Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb

Boris Jobbágy^1, , Dušan Šimšík¹, Jiří Marek², Ján Karchňák¹ and Daniela Onofrejová³

¹Department of Automation, Control and Human Machine Interaction, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic

²Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

³Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic

Cite this paper:
Boris Jobbágy, Dušan Šimšík, Jiří Marek, Ján Karchňák and Daniela Onofrejová. Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb. American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2014; 2(7):299-302. doi: 10.12691/ajme-2-7-27

Abstract

This paper deals with robotic exoskeletons and their using in rehabilitation of the upper limbs. First part describes application of robotic devices in rehabilitation. In the second part there is described an architecture of rehabilitation robotic system and its main subsystems. Third part of the proposed paper is dedicated to robotic exoskeletons. This section deals with internal and external force action in exoskeletons. In the last part of the paper, there is shown design of robotic exoskeleton for the upper limb.

Keywords:
exoskeleton rehabilitation upper limb pneumatic artificial muscle

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