EXOTIC - a discreet user-based 5 DoF upper-limb exoskeleton for individuals with tetraplegia

Mikkel Thøgersen; Muhammad Ahsan Gull; Frederik Victor Kobbelgaard; Mostafa Mohammadi; Stefan Hein Bengtson; Lotte N. S. Andreasen Struijk

doi:10.1109/ICMRA51221.2020.9398351

EXOTIC - a discreet user-based 5 DoF upper-limb exoskeleton for individuals with tetraplegia

Mikkel Thøgersen^*, Muhammad Ahsan Gull, Frederik Victor Kobbelgaard, Mostafa Mohammadi, Stefan Hein Bengtson, Lotte N. S. Andreasen Struijk

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Abstract

Complete, high spinal cord injuries can lead to a condition known as tetraplegia wherein l body is paralyzed from the neck down. Individuals with tetraplegia are greatly limited in their independence and quality of life. Due to the paralysis, these individuals are bound to a wheelchair and require a high level of assistance throughout their everyday. To enable these individuals to regain some of their lost mobility, exoskeletons holds a great potential. Therefore, this work explores the requirements and design choices that went into creating the EXOTIC exoskeleton, an upper-limb exoskeleton designed for individuals with tetraplegia, which enables the user to drink and eat, while maintaining a relatively small form factor. Finally, the available workspace is simulated and visualized, and a pilot test of the basic functionality shows that picking up an item and transferring it to the mouth takes 41 seconds on average.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation
Number of pages	5
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2021
Pages	79-83
Article number	9398351
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-9033-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-9032-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMRA51221.2020.9398351
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation - Shanghai, China Duration: 16 Oct 2020 → 17 Oct 2020 Conference number: 3rd

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Conference	2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation
Number	3rd
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	16/10/2020 → 17/10/2020

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tetraplegia
upper-limb exoskeleton
user driven design

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Thøgersen, M, Gull, MA, Kobbelgaard, FV , Mohammadi, M , Bengtson, SH & Struijk, LNSA 2021, EXOTIC - a discreet user-based 5 DoF upper-limb exoskeleton for individuals with tetraplegia. in 2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation ., 9398351, IEEE, pp. 79-83, 2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics
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EXOTIC - a discreet user-based 5 DoF upper-limb exoskeleton for individuals with tetraplegia. / Thøgersen, Mikkel; Gull, Muhammad Ahsan; Kobbelgaard, Frederik Victor et al.
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