Outputs (18)

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.

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 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.

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.

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.