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Wearable exoskeletons in industry and assistive technology are getting a lot of attention lately. Exoskeletal devices have already shown great promise and relatively strong success as rehabilitation and disability solutions, and at first glance, they seem to be a viable silk road in solving workplace ergonomics issues. The appeal is obvious, but do exoskeletons provide an effective workplace ergonomics improvement? As with any technologic innovation some of the pros and cons and barriers to adoption are not completely understood. This collection of papers are aiming at addressing such challenges via an informed design by improving the methods used to design exoskeletons and tailoring their assistance, the materials used to build them, and the process to evaluate and modify their architectures.
Special Issue Editors:
Prof Tomas Sugar (Arizona State University, USA)
Prof Nicola Vitiello (Scuola Superiore Santa Anna, Italy)
Dr Simona Crea (Scuola Superiore Santa Anna, Italy)
Dr Elliott Rouse (University of Michigan, USA)
Prof Dr Philipp Beckerle (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany).
Prof Dr Robert Weidner (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria)
Dr Sascha Wischniewski (Head of Unit for Human Factors, Ergonomics of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health BAUA, Germany)
Dr Michele Xiloyannis (ETH, Zurich) Prof Dr Lorenzo Masia (Heidelberg University, Germany)