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Currently, lower limb robotic rehabilitation is widely developed, However, the devices used so far seem to not have a uniform criteria for their design, because, on the contrary, each developed mechanism is often presented as if it does not…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Pedro Araujo Gómez , Miguel Díaz Rodríguez , Vicente Amela

Ankle exoskeletons have garnered considerable interest for their potential to enhance mobility and reduce fall risks, particularly among the aging population. The efficacy of these devices relies on accurate real-time prediction of the…

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Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are central to wearable systems for activity recognition and pose estimation, but sensor placement remains largely guided by heuristics and convention. In this work, we introduce Where to Wear (W2W), a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Lala Shakti Swarup Ray , Bo Zhou , Paul Lukowicz

The flexibility and range of motion in human hands play a crucial role in human interaction with the environment and have been studied across different fields. Researchers explored various technological solutions for gathering information…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Alessandro Carfì , Mohamad Alameh , Valerio Belcamino , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni

This article explores assistive devices for upper limb movement in people with disabilities through a systematic review based on the PRISMA methodology. The studied devices encompass technologies ranging from orthoses to advanced robotics,…

Compared with visual signals, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) placed on human limbs can capture accurate motion signals while being robust to lighting variation and occlusion. While these characteristics are intuitively valuable to help…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Mingfang Zhang , Yifei Huang , Ruicong Liu , Yoichi Sato

In recent years, wearable devices have become more common to capture a wide range of health behaviors, especially for physical activity and sedentary behavior. These sensor-based measures are deemed to be objective and thus less prone to…

Human gait can be a predictive factor for detecting pathologies that affect human locomotion according to studies. In addition, it is known that a high investment is demanded in order to raise a traditional clinical infrastructure able to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-13 T. R. D. Sa , C. M. S. Figueiredo

An end-to-end hardware-software pipeline is introduced to automatize ergonomics assessment in industrial workplaces. The proposed modular solution can interoperate with commercial systems throughout the ergonomics assessment phases involved…

The study of biomechanics during locomotion provides valuable insights into the effects of varying conditions on specific movement patterns. This research focuses on examining the influence of different shoe parameters on walking…

Recognizing human activity plays a significant role in the advancements of human-interaction applications in healthcare, personal fitness, and smart devices. Many papers presented various techniques for human activity representation that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Reem Abdel-Salam , Rana Mostafa , Mayada Hadhood

Extended Kalman filtering is a common approach to achieve floating base estimation of a humanoid robot. These filters rely on measurements from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and relative forward kinematics for estimating the base…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Prashanth Ramadoss , Stefano Dafarra , Silvio Traversaro , Daniele Pucci

Despite the widespread integration of ambient light sensors (ALS) in smart devices commonly used for screen brightness adaptation, their application in human activity recognition (HAR), primarily through body-worn ALS, is largely…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Lala Shakti Swarup Ray , Daniel Geißler , Mengxi Liu , Bo Zhou , Sungho Suh , Paul Lukowicz

Early identification of individuals at risk of stroke remains a major clinical challenge, as prodromal motor im- pairments are often subtle and transient. In this pilot study, a wearable sensor-based framework is proposed for early pre-…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-18 Chanakan Chaipan , Aueaphum Aueawatthanaphisut

Due to the flexibility and adaptability of human, manual handling work is still very important in industry, especially for assembly and maintenance work. Well-designed work operation can improve work efficiency and quality; enhance safety,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2010-07-28 Liang Ma , Wei Zhang , Huanzhang Fu , Yang Guo , Damien Chablat , Fouad Bennis

In the human activity recognition research area, prior studies predominantly concentrate on leveraging advanced algorithms on public datasets to enhance recognition performance, little attention has been paid to executing real-time kitchen…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-11 Mengxi Liu , Sungho Suh , Juan Felipe Vargas , Bo Zhou , Agnes Grünerbl , Paul Lukowicz

Over the past few years, the division of gait phases has emerged as a complex area of research that carries significant importance for various applications in the field of gait technologies. The accurate partitioning of gait phases plays a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Barath Kumar JK , Aswadh Khumar G S

Daily activity recognition has gained prominence due to its applications in context-aware computing. Current methods primarily rely on supervised learning for detecting simple, repetitive activities. This paper introduces LayeredSense, a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Chak Man Lam

In this paper, we propose an LLM-Guided Exemplar Selection framework to address a key limitation in state-of-the-art Human Activity Recognition (HAR) methods: their reliance on large labeled datasets and purely geometric exemplar selection,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Elsen Ronando , Sozo Inoue

Leveraging wearable devices for motion reconstruction has emerged as an economical and viable technique. Certain methodologies employ sparse Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) on the human body and harness data-driven strategies to model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Xueyuan Yang , Chao Yao , Xiaojuan Ban