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In this paper, the design of a new exoskeleton to enhance and support the human abilities in industrial maintenance environments is presented. The motivation to design this device arises from the necessity to reduce or eliminate musculoskeletal disorders caused by manual movement of heavy loads, prolonged raised arm working postures and repetition of movements associated with the installation and maintenance of industrial facilities.
This work has been supported by the European Commission through the project AIDE: Adaptive Multimodal Interfaces to Assist Disabled People in Daily Activities (Grant agreement no. 645322); by the AURORA project (DPI2015-70415-C2-2-R), which is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), “A way to build Europe” and by and by Conselleria d’Educació, Cultura i Esport of Generalitat Valenciana through the grants ACIF2016/216 and APOTIP/2017/001.
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Blanco, A., Díez, J.A., López, D., García, J.V., Catalán, J.M., García-Aracil, N. (2019). Human-Centered Design of an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Tedious Maintenance Tasks. In: Carrozza, M., Micera, S., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. WeRob 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_100
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