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Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry
Exoskeletons are becoming the reference technology for assistance and augmentation of human motor functions in a wide range of application domains. Unfortunately, the exponential growth of this sector has not been accompanied by a rigorous risk assessment (RA) process, which is necessary to identify...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37259115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01191-y |
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author | Massardi, Stefano Pinto-Fernandez, David Babič, Jan Dežman, Miha Trošt, Andrej Grosu, Victor Lefeber, Dirk Rodriguez, Carlos Bessler, Jule Schaake, Leendert Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke Veneman, Jan F. Torricelli, Diego |
author_facet | Massardi, Stefano Pinto-Fernandez, David Babič, Jan Dežman, Miha Trošt, Andrej Grosu, Victor Lefeber, Dirk Rodriguez, Carlos Bessler, Jule Schaake, Leendert Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke Veneman, Jan F. Torricelli, Diego |
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description | Exoskeletons are becoming the reference technology for assistance and augmentation of human motor functions in a wide range of application domains. Unfortunately, the exponential growth of this sector has not been accompanied by a rigorous risk assessment (RA) process, which is necessary to identify the major aspects concerning the safety and impact of this new technology on humans. This situation may seriously hamper the market uptake of new products. This paper presents the results of a survey that was circulated to understand how hazards are considered by exoskeleton users, from research and industry perspectives. Our analysis aimed to identify the perceived occurrence and the impact of a sample of generic hazards, as well as to collect suggestions and general opinions from the respondents that can serve as a reference for more targeted RA. Our results identified a list of relevant hazards for exoskeletons. Among them, misalignments and unintended device motion were perceived as key aspects for exoskeletons’ safety. This survey aims to represent a first attempt in recording overall feedback from the community and contribute to future RAs and the identification of better mitigation strategies in the field. |
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spelling | pubmed-102307682023-06-01 Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry Massardi, Stefano Pinto-Fernandez, David Babič, Jan Dežman, Miha Trošt, Andrej Grosu, Victor Lefeber, Dirk Rodriguez, Carlos Bessler, Jule Schaake, Leendert Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke Veneman, Jan F. Torricelli, Diego J Neuroeng Rehabil Research Exoskeletons are becoming the reference technology for assistance and augmentation of human motor functions in a wide range of application domains. Unfortunately, the exponential growth of this sector has not been accompanied by a rigorous risk assessment (RA) process, which is necessary to identify the major aspects concerning the safety and impact of this new technology on humans. This situation may seriously hamper the market uptake of new products. This paper presents the results of a survey that was circulated to understand how hazards are considered by exoskeleton users, from research and industry perspectives. Our analysis aimed to identify the perceived occurrence and the impact of a sample of generic hazards, as well as to collect suggestions and general opinions from the respondents that can serve as a reference for more targeted RA. Our results identified a list of relevant hazards for exoskeletons. Among them, misalignments and unintended device motion were perceived as key aspects for exoskeletons’ safety. This survey aims to represent a first attempt in recording overall feedback from the community and contribute to future RAs and the identification of better mitigation strategies in the field. BioMed Central 2023-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10230768/ /pubmed/37259115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01191-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Massardi, Stefano Pinto-Fernandez, David Babič, Jan Dežman, Miha Trošt, Andrej Grosu, Victor Lefeber, Dirk Rodriguez, Carlos Bessler, Jule Schaake, Leendert Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke Veneman, Jan F. Torricelli, Diego Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title | Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title_full | Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title_fullStr | Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title_full_unstemmed | Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title_short | Relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
title_sort | relevance of hazards in exoskeleton applications: a survey-based enquiry |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37259115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01191-y |
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