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Conducting an FMEA for the design of a planetary gear transmission for exoskeletons enables decision making based on the interdependence between design parameters and the device requirements, as well as an early identification of several functional risks. Therefore, the use of FMEAs in the design of wearable robotic devices could contribute to higher design robustness, and ultimately result in a broader acceptance of future active wearable robotic devices.
E. Saerens and B. Convens—SB PhD Fellows at the Research Foundation Flanders – Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO). This work has been partially funded by the European Commission ERC Starting grant SPEAR (no. 337596).
The authors would like to express our thanks to APIS Informationstechnologie GmbH (www.apis-iq.com) for supplying the FMEA software used in this research project.
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García, P.L. et al. (2019). Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)-Driven Design of a Planetary Gearbox for Active Wearable Robotics. In: Carrozza, M., Micera, S., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. WeRob 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_89
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