PMID- 38534814
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240329
IS  - 2313-7673 (Electronic)
IS  - 2313-7673 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 3
DP  - 2024 Feb 21
TI  - A Wearable Upper Limb Exoskeleton System and Intelligent Control Strategy.
LID - 10.3390/biomimetics9030129 [doi]
LID - 129
AB  - Heavy lifting operations frequently lead to upper limb muscle fatigue and injury. 
      In order to reduce muscle fatigue, auxiliary force for upper limbs can be 
      provided. This paper presents the development and evaluation of a wearable upper 
      limb exoskeleton (ULE) robot system. A flexible cable transmits auxiliary torque 
      and is connected to the upper limb by bypassing the shoulder. Based on the 
      K-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm and integrated fuzzy PID control strategy, 
      the ULE identifies the handling posture and provides accurate active auxiliary 
      force automatically. Overall, it has the quality of being light and easy to wear. 
      In unassisted mode, the wearer's upper limbs minimally affect the range of 
      movement. The KNN algorithm uses multi-dimensional motion information collected 
      by the sensor, and the test accuracy is 94.59%. Brachioradialis muscle (BM), 
      triceps brachii (TB), and biceps brachii (BB) electromyogram (EMG) signals were 
      evaluated by 5 kg, 10 kg, and 15 kg weight conditions for five subjects, 
      respectively, during lifting, holding, and squatting. Compared with the ULE 
      without assistance and with assistance, the average peak values of EMG signals of 
      BM, TB, and BB were reduced by 19-30% during the whole handling process, which 
      verified that the developed ULE could provide practical assistance under 
      different load conditions.
FAU - Wang, Qiang
AU  - Wang Q
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
FAU - Chen, Chunjie
AU  - Chen C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4855-9914
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
FAU - Mu, Xinxing
AU  - Mu X
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
FAU - Wang, Haibin
AU  - Wang H
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
FAU - Wang, Zhuo
AU  - Wang Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1709-7764
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
FAU - Xu, Sheng
AU  - Xu S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5086-4152
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
FAU - Guo, Weilun
AU  - Guo W
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
FAU - Wu, Xinyu
AU  - Wu X
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
FAU - Li, Weimin
AU  - Li W
AD  - Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Jinan 250100, China.
AD  - Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen 
      Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 
      China.
LA  - eng
GR  - 2021CXGC011304 and 2023CXGC010701/Key R&D program of Shandong Province, China/
GR  - Quancheng 5150 Talent Introduction Plan/
GR  - 62273325/Natural Science Foundation of China/
GR  - 2022YFB4703500 and 2022YFC3601700/National Key R&D Program of China/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240221
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Biomimetics (Basel)
JT  - Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101719189
PMC - PMC10968600
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - exoskeleton
OT  - upper limb assistance
OT  - wearable robotics
COIS- Author Qiang Wang, Xingxing Mu, Haibin Wang, Sheng Wu, Weilun Guo, Xinyu Wu, and 
      Weimin Li were employed by the company Shandong Zhongke Advanced Technology Co., 
      Ltd. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence 
      of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a 
      potential conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2024/03/27 12:44
MHDA- 2024/03/27 12:45
PMCR- 2024/02/21
CRDT- 2024/03/27 09:27
PHST- 2024/01/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/02/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/27 12:45 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/27 12:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/27 09:27 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - biomimetics9030129 [pii]
AID - biomimetics-09-00129 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/biomimetics9030129 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Biomimetics (Basel). 2024 Feb 21;9(3):129. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics9030129.