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This paper presents the design improvement of a polymer-based tendon-driven wearable robotic hand, Exo-Glove Poly. The wearability and adaptiveness are the key points to design the Exo-Glove Poly in considering the cases of practical use. Thus, magnets are embedded into the wearable part for easy donning and doffing. Also, the tendon length adjustment mechanism is designed to adapt different hand sizes by changing length of the tendons. Through these improvements, it is increased the change to practical use of the Exo-Glove Poly.
This study was supported by a grant (NRCTR-EX16001) of the Translational Research Center for Rehabilitation Robots, Korea National Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea.
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Lee, H., Kang, B.B., In, H., Cho, KJ. (2017). Design Improvement of a Polymer-Based Tendon-Driven Wearable Robotic Hand (Exo-Glove Poly). In: González-Vargas, J., Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Vidal, J., van der Kooij, H., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_16
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