A safe human–robot interactive control structure with human arm movement detection for an upper-limb wearable robot used during lifting tasks

Manual lifting tasks involve repetitive raising, holding and stacking movements with heavy objects. These arm movements are notable risk factors for muscle pain, fatigue, and musculoskeletal disorders in workers. An upper-limb wearable robot, as a 6-DOF dual-arm exoskeleton, which was designed to au...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lina Hao, Zhirui Zhao, Xing Li, Mingfang Liu, Hui Yang, Yao Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881420937570