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Data-driven approach for upper limb fatigue estimation based on wearable sensors (2023)
Journal Article
Otálora, S., Segatto, M. E., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Múnera, M., Díaz, C. A., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Data-driven approach for upper limb fatigue estimation based on wearable sensors. Sensors, 23(22), Article 9291. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23229291

Muscle fatigue is defined as a reduced ability to maintain maximal strength during voluntary contraction. It is associated with musculoskeletal disorders that affect workers performing repetitive activities, affecting their performance and well-being... Read More about Data-driven approach for upper limb fatigue estimation based on wearable sensors.

Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gomez-Vargas, D., Pino, A., Garzón, A., Garzon, A., Roberti, F., Carelli, R., …Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study. In 2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR58425.2023.10304765

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) causes permanent disabilities, such as foot drop. This condition affects the gait pattern, increasing the metabolic cost and risk of falling. Robotics with serious games has shown promising results in the gait rehabilitati... Read More about Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study.

Mechanical assessment of novel compliant mechanisms for underactuated prosthetic hands (2023)
Journal Article
Ramos, O., de Arco, L., Cifuentes, C. A., Moazen, M., Wurdemann, H., & Múnera, M. (2023). Mechanical assessment of novel compliant mechanisms for underactuated prosthetic hands. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, Article 985901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.985901

This paper proposes novel compliant mechanisms for constructing hand prostheses based on soft robotics. Two models of prosthetic hands are developed in this work. Three mechanical evaluations are performed to determine the suitability of the two desi... Read More about Mechanical assessment of novel compliant mechanisms for underactuated prosthetic hands.

Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Otálora, S., Sierra, S. D., Ballén-Moreno, F., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (10449-10456). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160867

Lower-limb exoskeletons and smart walkers are robotic devices to assist patients in regaining their autonomy after a stroke. The integration of these devices enables gait rehabilitation and functional compensation, promoting natural over-ground walki... Read More about Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform.

A fabric-based soft hand exoskeleton for assistance: the ExHand Exoskeleton (2023)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Mejía, J. C., Múnera, M., Diaz, C. A. R., Wurdemann, H., Moazen, M., Pontes, M. J., …Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). A fabric-based soft hand exoskeleton for assistance: the ExHand Exoskeleton. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 17, Article 1091827. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1091827

Introduction: The rise of soft robotics has driven the development of devices for assistance in activities of daily living (ADL). Likewise, different types of actuation have been developed for safer human interaction. Recently, textile-based pneumati... Read More about A fabric-based soft hand exoskeleton for assistance: the ExHand Exoskeleton.

Effects of stance control via hidden Markov model-based gait phase detection on healthy users of an active hip-knee exoskeleton (2023)
Journal Article
Sánchez-Manchola, M., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Múnera, M., Bourgain, M., Provot, T., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Effects of stance control via hidden Markov model-based gait phase detection on healthy users of an active hip-knee exoskeleton. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, 1021525. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1021525

Introduction: In the past years, robotic lower-limb exoskeletons have become a powerful tool to help clinicians improve the rehabilitation process of patients who have suffered from neurological disorders, such as stroke, by applying intensive and re... Read More about Effects of stance control via hidden Markov model-based gait phase detection on healthy users of an active hip-knee exoskeleton.

Haptic human-robot collaboration for walker-assisted navigation based on admittance controllers (2023)
Journal Article
Sierra M., S. D., Jimenez, M. F., Munera, M., Cifuentes, C. A., & Frizera, A. (2023). Haptic human-robot collaboration for walker-assisted navigation based on admittance controllers. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(5), 2622-2628. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3256924

In recent years, advances in robotics and the constant growth of gait-related pathologies led to the development of different assistive devices. Smart walkers provide natural and intuitive strategies for gait assistance, such as path-following and gu... Read More about Haptic human-robot collaboration for walker-assisted navigation based on admittance controllers.

Soft-sensor system for grasp type recognition in underactuated hand prostheses (2023)
Journal Article
De Arco, L., Pontes, M. J., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. (2023). Soft-sensor system for grasp type recognition in underactuated hand prostheses. Sensors, 23(7), 3364. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073364

This paper presents the development of an intelligent soft-sensor system to add haptic perception to the underactuated hand prosthesis PrHand. Two sensors based on optical fiber were constructed, one for finger joint angles and the other for fingerti... Read More about Soft-sensor system for grasp type recognition in underactuated hand prostheses.

Improving health and safety promotion with a robotic tool: A case study for face mask detection (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sierra, S. D., Insuasty, M., Garcia, D., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. (2023). Improving health and safety promotion with a robotic tool: A case study for face mask detection. In 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI) (716-719). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580180

Social robots have been shown to effectively promote healthy behaviour in humans. In the context of the pandemic, these robots have been used to encourage the use of face masks and other biosafety measures. However, human perception in these scenario... Read More about Improving health and safety promotion with a robotic tool: A case study for face mask detection.

Do different robot appearances change emotion recognition in children with ASD? (2023)
Journal Article
Pinto-Bernal, M. J., Sierra M, S. D., Munera, M., Casas, D., Villa-Moreno, A., Frizera-Neto, A., …Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Do different robot appearances change emotion recognition in children with ASD?. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 17, Article 1044491. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1044491

Introduction: Socially Assistive Robotics has emerged as a potential tool for rehabilitating cognitive and developmental disorders in children with autism. Social robots found in the literature are often able to teach critical social skills, such as... Read More about Do different robot appearances change emotion recognition in children with ASD?.

Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Arco, L. D., Pontes, M. J., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. R. (2022). Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2407(1), 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012010

The principal cause of upper limb amputations is due to traumatism. The prosthesis is an assistive device to help in the activities of daily for the amputee person. However, one of the latest reports shows that in developing countries there are aroun... Read More about Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis.

The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Otalora, S., Ballen-Moreno, F., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment. In 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925487

People who suffer from stroke have a higher difficulty performing gait activity, affecting their quality of life. New technologies have been developed to assist and rehabilitate the affected limbs. This paper presents the AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-li... Read More about The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment.

The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand (2022)
Conference Proceeding
De Arco, L., Ramos, O., Múnera, M., Moazen, M., Wurdemann, H., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand. In 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925316

Functional tests aim to compare the functionality of a prosthesis with a human hand. The main objective of this work is to present and evaluate an affordable prosthesis (PrHand) built with soft robotic technologies and novel joints based on compliant... Read More about The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand.

Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton (2022)
Journal Article
Otálora, S., Ballen-Moreno, F., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Cifuentes, C. A., & Múnera, M. (2022). Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton. Biosensors, 12(10), 873. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12100873

Stroke disease leads to a partial or complete disability affecting muscle strength and functional mobility. Early rehabilitation sessions might induce neuroplasticity and restore the affected function or structure of the patients. Robotic rehabilitat... Read More about Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton.

Optical fiber angle sensors for the PrHand prosthesis: Development and application in grasp types recognition with machine learning (2022)
Conference Proceeding
De Arco, L., Pontes, M. J., Vieira Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. R. (2022). Optical fiber angle sensors for the PrHand prosthesis: Development and application in grasp types recognition with machine learning. . https://doi.org/10.1109/LAEDC54796.2022.9908232

This work presents the instrumentation of the PrHand upper-limb prosthesis with optical fiber sensors to measure the angle of the proximal interphalangeal joint. The angle sensors are based on bending-induced loss and are fabricated with polymer opti... Read More about Optical fiber angle sensors for the PrHand prosthesis: Development and application in grasp types recognition with machine learning.

Mirror-based robotic therapy for ankle recovery with a serious game: A case study with a neurological patient (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Pino, A., Gomez-Vargas, D., Garzón, A., Roberti, F., Carelli, R., Múnera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). Mirror-based robotic therapy for ankle recovery with a serious game: A case study with a neurological patient. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896510

Neuromuscular disorders, such as foot drop, severely affect the locomotor function and walking independence after a brain injury event. Mirror-based robotic therapy (MRT) has been a promising rehabilitation strategy favouring upper limb muscle streng... Read More about Mirror-based robotic therapy for ankle recovery with a serious game: A case study with a neurological patient.

Three study cases of social robotics in autism spectrum disorder treatment: Personalization and usability of CASTOR robot (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Gaitán-Padilla, M., Cifuentes, C. A., & Múnera, M. (2022). Three study cases of social robotics in autism spectrum disorder treatment: Personalization and usability of CASTOR robot. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896590

Social assistive robotics in autism has been implemented in studies and therapies to improve social skills and encourage children to comply with therapies. However, autism symptoms vary in their spectrum, which generates difficulties in implementing... Read More about Three study cases of social robotics in autism spectrum disorder treatment: Personalization and usability of CASTOR robot.

EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease (2022)
Journal Article
Muñoz, D., Barria, P., Cifuentes, C. A., Aguilar, R., Baleta, K., Azorín, J. M., & Múnera, M. (2022). EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease. Biosensors, 12(9), 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12090751

Nowadays, several strategies for treating neuropsychologic function loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been proposed, such as physical activity performance and developing games to exercise the mind. However, few studies illustrate the incidence of... Read More about EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease.

Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units (2022)
Journal Article
Kreis, C., Aguirre, A., Cifuentes, C. A., Munera, M., Jiménez, M. F., & Schneider, S. (2022). Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units. Sensors, 22(17), e6524. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176524

Physical exercise has become an essential tool for treating various non-communicable diseases (also known as chronic diseases). Due to this, physical exercise allows to counter different symptoms and reduce some risk of death factors without medicati... Read More about Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units.

Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators (2022)
Journal Article
Ramos, O., Múnera, M., Moazen, M., Wurdemann, H., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.924888

Soft robotic approaches have been trialed for rehabilitation or assistive hand exoskeletons using silicone or textile actuators because they have more tolerance for alignment with biological joints than rigid exoskeletons. Textile actuators have not... Read More about Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators.