kth.sePublications KTH
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Development of a Soft Inflatable Exosuit for Knee Flexion Assistance
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID iD: 0009-0007-4276-506X
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8450-7110
School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, USA.
2022 (English)In: Proceedings 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Wearable robotics has shown to be effective for assisting in activities of daily living and restoring motor functions. The objective of this research is to develop a soft robotic exosuit for knee flexion assistance during normal walking and validate its ability to reduce the efforts of the knee flexor muscles: biceps femoris (BF) and semitendinosus (SM). The exosuit is powered by an inflatable curved fabric actuator with the capability to generate flexion torques at the knee joint. An analytical model to characterize the torque of the proposed actuator is derived and validated experimentally. It is found that the analytical torque model precisely matches the experimental results such that the highest root mean square error (RMSE) obtained is 1.237 Nm while the lowest is 0.188 Nm. In addition, the derived model outperformed a benchmark torque model such that its minimum and maximum RMSEs are approximately 90% and 70% less than the benchmark model respectively. A prototype of the knee exosuit is fabricated and tested on one healthy subject with different operating conditions to assist knee flexion during normal walking. The results show that by choosing the appropriate timing of inflation, the exosuit can reduce the electromyography activity of the BF and the SM by 32% and 23%, respectively, without impeding the knee extensor muscle or reducing the knee's range of motion.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022.
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-374647DOI: 10.1109/biorob52689.2022.9925474ISI: 000920393600094Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141872814OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-374647DiVA, id: diva2:2023584
Conference
2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 21-24 Aug 2022, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Note

Part of ISBN 978-1-6654-5849-8

QC 20251219

Available from: 2025-12-19 Created: 2025-12-19 Last updated: 2025-12-19Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Hasan, Ibrahim Mohammed I.

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Hasan, Ibrahim Mohammed I.Yumbla, Emiliano Quinones
Medical and Health Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 19 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf