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Zhenwei Niu

2 accepted papers

2022

Novel Supernumerary Robotic Limb based on Variable Stiffness Actuators for Hemiplegic Patients Assistance

IROS 2022poster

Loss of upper extremity motor control and function is an unremitting symptom in post-stroke patients. This would impose hardships on accomplishing their daily life activities. Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) were introduced as a solution to regain the lost Degrees of Freedom (DoFs) by introducing…

Cited by 6SourceScholar
2022

Towards Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction by Exploring the Rapid Stiffness Switching Feature of Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuation

RA-L 2022

Safety holds the prime importance in direct physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) tasks. Robots should have the ability to handle unexpected collisions in unstructured environments. Collision avoidance based on exteroceptive sensors can work in these scenarios. However, it may not be sufficient, e

Cited by 13SourceScholar