The potential and acceptance of exoskeletons in industry
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Worldwide, a significant interest in wearable robots or exoskeletons does exist, also from an industrial background. This paper provides an overview of assistive exoskeletons that have specifically been developed for industrial purposes. It discusses their potential in increasing performance and flexibility on one hand and in reducing the mechanical loads on workers involved in manual work on the other. From this it is concluded that exoskeletons have the potential to increase performance under specific conditions and to reduce physical loads significantly. However, several technical issues hinder mainstay practical use of exoskeletons in industry until now. One main issue concerns the human-machine interaction which stands in the way of acceptance. This issue and its linkage to ethics and standardization will be discussed during the conference.
TNO Identifier
780712
ISBN
978-3-319-46532-6
Publisher
Springer
Source title
Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2016, 18-21 October 2016, Segovia, Spain
Editor(s)
González-Vargas J.
Ibáñez J.
Contreras-Vidal J.
Kooij H. van der
Pons J.
Ibáñez J.
Contreras-Vidal J.
Kooij H. van der
Pons J.
Collation
5 p.
Place of publication
Heidelberg, Germany
Pages
195-199
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