TY - CHAP
T1 - The potential and acceptance of exoskeletons in industry
AU - de Looze, Michiel P.
AU - Krause, Frank
AU - O’Sullivan, Leonard W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Worldwide, a significant interest in wearable robots or exoskeletons does exist, also from an industrial background. This paper provides an overview of assistive exoskeletons that have specifically been developed for industrial purposes. It discusses their potential in increasing performance and flexibility on one hand and in reducing the mechanical loads on workers involved in manual work on the other. From this it is concluded that exoskeletons have the potential to increase performance under specific conditions and to reduce physical loads significantly. However, several technical issues hinder mainstay practical use of exoskeletons in industry until now. One main issue concerns the human-machine interaction which stands in the way of acceptance. This issue and its linkage to ethics and standardization will be discussed during the conference.
AB - Worldwide, a significant interest in wearable robots or exoskeletons does exist, also from an industrial background. This paper provides an overview of assistive exoskeletons that have specifically been developed for industrial purposes. It discusses their potential in increasing performance and flexibility on one hand and in reducing the mechanical loads on workers involved in manual work on the other. From this it is concluded that exoskeletons have the potential to increase performance under specific conditions and to reduce physical loads significantly. However, several technical issues hinder mainstay practical use of exoskeletons in industry until now. One main issue concerns the human-machine interaction which stands in the way of acceptance. This issue and its linkage to ethics and standardization will be discussed during the conference.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_32
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85028458178
T3 - Biosystems and Biorobotics
SP - 195
EP - 199
BT - Biosystems and Biorobotics
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -