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This paper deals with the design of a robotic device for limb exercising. The attached problem is outlined to identify the main limb exercising features as referring to upper limbs and cable driven robotic solutions. A novel design solution is proposed as consisting in a portable low-cost user-friendly cable driven manipulator. Numerical models and simulations are carried out to verify the feasibility of the proposed solution in terms of operation and motion ranges.
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The second Author has spent a period of study at LARM in 2015 with an Erasmus grant which is gratefully acknowledged.
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Carbone, G., Aróstegui Cavero, C., Ceccarelli, M., Altuzarra, O. (2017). A Study of Feasibility for a Limb Exercising Device. In: Boschetti, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48375-7_2
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