Novel Cable Driven Fitness Gym Devices for Whole Body Weight Training
Junghoon Park, Yongtae G. Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Gyowook Shin, Sang-Hun Kim, Seungyong Hyung
Abstract
We previously proposed cable-driven wearable devices for exercise and gait assistance. It was a lightweight and suit-type device with programmable resistance or assistance adjustment capabilities. In this paper, we introduce 1) a wearable gym device designed to focus on lower limb muscles and 2) a stationary gym device for comprehensive strength (weight) training. The actuation module can be used interchangeably for both devices. This actuation module includes a control board and a cable-driven actuator with a smaller size, improved strength, and greater speed compared to previous version. Its compact size makes easy implementation into our proposed devices. To evaluate the effectiveness of these devices, we conducted surface electromyography (sEMG) experiments during exercises comparing the effects of the developed devices with traditional dumbbells to confirm their efficacy.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{iros2025_novelcabledriven,
title = {Novel Cable Driven Fitness Gym Devices for Whole Body Weight Training},
author = {Junghoon Park and Yongtae G. Kim and Dong Hyun Kim and Gyowook Shin and Sang-Hun Kim and Seungyong Hyung},
booktitle = {IROS 2025},
year = {2025}
}