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Robert Weidner

2 accepted papers

2019

Development of A Soft Power Suit for Lower Back Assistance

ICRA 2019poster

Mechanical stresses on the spine are a significant risk factor for low back pain, a highly prevalent health problem around the world. Certain occupational activities such as repetitive heavy lifting and static bending posture lead to high loads on the lower back. To address this problem, we are deve…

Cited by 37SourceScholar
2018

Evaluation of a Novel Active Exoskeleton for Tasks at or Above Head Level

RA-L 2018

Tasks at or above head level have been known to cause discomfort and musculoskeletal disorders. This letter presents a novel wearable active pneumatic exoskeletal support system with a power tool based control interface to make work at head level or above more comfortable. Subjective task effort (Bo

Cited by 92SourceScholar