Advanced Service Robots: Exoskeleton Robots 2025
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2025 | Viewed by 539
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bio-inspired robots; smart materials; sensors/actuators; mechatronic systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: soft robotics; wearable robotics; service robotics.
Interests: exoskeleton rehabilitation robot; dexterous hand; soft actuation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to present the latest research advances and future trends in the development of exoskeleton robots for motion assistance and rehabilitation. Exoskeleton robots have the potential to revolutionize various industries, such as healthcare, rehabilitation, and industry, by augmenting human capabilities and enabling new applications. Despite the significant technological and scientific achievements in the field of exoskeleton technologies over the last few decades, the evaluation of exoskeleton robots is still an open challenge without a unified standard.
Advanced learning and control technologies applied to physical human–robot interaction represent an interdisciplinary research field aiming to improve interaction between humans and robots. This topic covers a wide range of research areas, including robotics, sensor technology, mechanics, human–robot interaction, Artificial Intelligence, computer vision, and advanced control technology. The new developments under this topic play significant roles in robotic applications in both industry and other sectors, making robots work more efficiently, safely, and reliably. Intelligence is one of the most important key features of wearable robots.
This issue will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of wearable robotics and explore topics such as sensor technologies, bio-inspired design, human–robot interaction, control algorithms, real-world applications, and future directions. It aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to share their findings and insights, and discuss the significance and potential of wearable robots in enhancing human–robot collaboration.
- Relevant topics in academic research and industry include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Wearable robots for assistance, augmentation, and rehabilitation of human movements;
- The design of a lightweight wearable robot;
- Intelligent control algorithms for exoskeleton robots;
- Multi-mode information sensing;
- Human–robot mixed intelligence;
- Wearable sensors for exoskeleton robots;
- Pattern recognition and machine learning for exoskeleton robots;
- Intelligent recognition algorithm based on EMG/EEG signals.
Dr. Xiaojie Wang
Dr. Yitong Zhou
Dr. Chanchan Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- brain–computer interface
- exoskeleton robots
- human–robot interaction
- intelligent control
- sensing
- EMG/EEG
- human motion recognition
- wearable robot
- bio-inspired design
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