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Understanding the Human Motor Control for User-Centered Design of Custom Wearable Systems: Case Studies in Sports, Industry, Rehabilitation

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Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering (ADM 2019)

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This paper shows how studies on the biomechanics and neuroscience of human movements might be used for the design of wearable systems customized for humans. Such design is driven by key biomechanical and neuromuscular parameters extracted from accurate measurements made on the human body motion, as well as by subjective data collected from the end-users of the products through questionnaires. We present three case studies developed at ERGOS Lab: a wearable system for sports performance analysis; a synergy-based approach for industrial wearable robots; a soft wearable robotic glove for hand rehabilitation.

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  1. Fraunhofer Joint Lab IDEAS, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy

    Teodorico Caporaso, Stanislao Grazioso, Dario Panariello, Giuseppe Di Gironimo & Antonio Lanzotti

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell’Informazione e della Produzione, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044, Dalmine, BG, Italy

    Dario Panariello

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Caporaso, T., Grazioso, S., Panariello, D., Di Gironimo, G., Lanzotti, A. (2020). Understanding the Human Motor Control for User-Centered Design of Custom Wearable Systems: Case Studies in Sports, Industry, Rehabilitation. In: Rizzi, C., Andrisano, A.O., Leali, F., Gherardini, F., Pini, F., Vergnano, A. (eds) Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering. ADM 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31154-4_64

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