Design of a Two-DOFs Driving Mechanism for a Motion-Assisted Finger Exoskeleton

Carbone, Giuseppe; Gerding, Eike Christian; Corves, Burkard; Cafolla, Daniele; Russo, Matteo; Ceccarelli, Marco

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Design of a Two-DOFs Driving Mechanism for a Motion-Assisted Finger Exoskeleton

Giuseppe Carbone

, Eike Christian Gerding, Burkard Corves

, Daniele Cafolla

, Matteo Russo, Marco Ceccarelli

Applied Sciences, Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Start page: 2619

Swansea University Author: Daniele Cafolla

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This paper presents a novel exoskeleton mechanism for finger motion assistance. The exoskeleton is designed as a serial 2-degrees-of-freedom wearable mechanism that is able to guide human finger motion. The design process starts by analyzing the motion of healthy human fingers by video motion tracki...

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Design of a Two-DOFs Driving Mechanism for a Motion-Assisted Finger Exoskeleton

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