Advances and Challenges in Wearable Robotics, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wearable robotics; control; soft robotics
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Dear Colleagues,
Research on wearable robots is covering many application areas, including the assistance of movement, rehabilitation after injury or disease, injury prevention in demanding occupational tasks, and the monitoring of movement for the early diagnosis of diseases. There are many promising results in each of these spaces, yet there are still challenges to making these devices ready for effective real-world use.
In this Special Issue, we aim to investigate wearable robotics’ challenges and state-of-the-art solutions that can operate successfully in everyday activities. We are particularly interested in robots that can assist someone during dynamic and varied tasks. We invite you to contribute if you have a design that senses and adapts to environmental demands or perhaps have demonstrated that a simple static control solution is best. The field of wearable robotics is broad, and we are looking for an opportunity to share the best solutions from across various areas of the field:
- Type of device—exoskeleton, exosuit, prosthetic;
- Location of assistance—upper limb, lower limb, lower back;
- Actuation design—active, passive, SEA;
- Mechanism of actuation—pneumatic, direct torque, shape-memory alloy;
- Control—phase-based, time-based, passive;
- Sensing—environment, human intent.
We seek submissions with original perspectives and approaches to the theme. Research on simulations, experiments, and engineering applications is welcome.
Dr. Tommaso Proietti
Dr. Richard Nuckols
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- control
- sensing
- real world
- adaptive
- exosuit
- exoskeleton
- prosthetic
- wearable
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