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The number of scientific researches focusing on designing assistive or rehabilitative robotics devices has remarkably increased with respect to just a few decades ago. However, when it comes to developing such devices for children, literature becomes poor. This paper presents the work carried out by the researchers of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence in order to design and develop an assistive hand exoskeleton for a child. The results of a preliminary ergonomics test are also given at the end of the paper.
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The authors would like to thank the University of Florence and the Don Carlo Gnocchi foundation which have supported this work.
A special thank goes to Chiara Brogi that has collaborated to the design of the prototype during her Bachelor Thesis.
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Bianchi, M., Secciani, N., Ridolfi, A., Vannetti, F., Pasquini, G. (2019). Kinematics-Based Strategy for the Design of a Pediatric Hand Exoskeleton Prototype. In: Carbone, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. IFToMM ITALY 2018. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03320-0_55
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