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Robotics for Medicine and Healthcare is undoubtedly an important emerging sector of the newborn third millennium. There are many aspects in which this branch of robotics already operates; in this article, the focus will be on the so-called “Robotic assistive technology”. In particular, a novel electromechanical design for an assistive Hand Exoskeleton System is presented here. Since freedom of movement plays a crucial role in making actually usable an assistive device, the main point of innovation of the proposed solution lies in the complete wearability of the resulting system: including mechanics, control electronics, and power supply. From the combination of the authors’ previous experience with the improvements presented in this article comes a fully standalone tailor-made assistive device.
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The exploited sEMG sensors are MyowareTM Muscle sensors from Adafruit, whose dressing is carried out using Ag/AgCl electrodes.
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The authors would like to thank the experts of the IRCCS “Don Gnocchi” (Florence) for their precious cooperation. A big thanks also goes to Massimo Bianchini, researcher at the Institute for Complex System at the National Research Council (Florence), and Chiara Brogi, Master student at UNIFI.
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Secciani, N., Pagliai, M., Buonamici, F., Vannetti, F., Volpe, Y., Ridolfi, A. (2021). A Novel Architecture for a Fully Wearable Assistive Hand Exoskeleton System. In: Niola, V., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. IFToMM ITALY 2020. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 91. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55807-9_14
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