Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Freni, Pierluigi, author.
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| ISBN: | 9783319039589
331903958X
3319039571
9783319039572
9783319039572
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 7, 2014).
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Environmental conditions and pressurized spacesuits expose astronauts to problems of fatigue during lengthy extravehicular activities, with adverse impacts especially on the dexterity, force and endurance of the hands and arms. A state-of-the-art exploration in the field of hand exoskeletons revealed that available products are unsuitable for space applications because of their bulkiness and mass. This book proposes a novel approach to the development of hand exoskeletons, based on an innovative soft robotics concept that relies on the exploitation of electroactive polymers operating as sensors and actuators, on a combination of electromyography and mechanomyography for detection of the user's will and on neural networks for control. The result is a design that should enhance astronauts' performance during extravehicular activities. In summary, the advantages of the described approach are a low-weight, high-flexibility exoskeleton that allows for dexterity and compliance with the user's will.
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| Other form: | Printed edition: 9783319039572
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-03958-9
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