Carlos A. Cifuentes Garcia's Outputs (18)

Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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

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

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Three study cases of social robotics in autism spectrum disorder treatment: Personalization and usability of CASTOR robot (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Mirror-based robotic therapy for ankle recovery with a serious game: A case study with a neurological patient (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease (2022)
Journal Article

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

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

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.

Physical human-robot interaction influence in ASD therapy through an affordable soft social robot (2022)
Journal Article

In the latest years, there has been a rise in social robotics' interest as a support tool in various scopes. For instance, social robots have been used in Autism treatments, improving social skills, social interaction, and children's daily activities... Read More about Physical human-robot interaction influence in ASD therapy through an affordable soft social robot.

The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment (2022)
Journal Article

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.