Browsing Research Publications by Author "Kiguchi, K"

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  • A Brief review on upper extremity robotic exoskeleton systems 
    Gopura, RARC; Kiguchi, K; Bandara, DSV [Conference-Abstract]
    Robotic exoskeleton systems are one of the highly active areas in recent robotic research. These systems have been developed significantly to be used for the human power augmentation, robotic rehabilitation, human power ...
  • Developments in hardware systems of active upper-limb exoskeleton robots: A review 
    Gopura, RARC; Bandara, DSV; Kiguchi, K; Man, GKI [Article-Full-text]
    The very first application of active exoskeleton robot was to provide external power to a soldier so that he can carry extra weight. Since then this technology has focused on developing systems for assisting and augmenting ...
  • The Effect of impedance parameters in 7DOF upper-limb power-assist exoskeleton robot 
    Kiguchi, K; Gopura, RARC; Hayashi, Y; Li, Y [Conference-Abstract]
    To assist daily life upper-limb motions of elderly or physically weak persons, many kinds of upper-limb power-assist robots have been developed. We have developed a 7DOF power-assist exoskeleton robot in which EMG-based ...
  • EMG based controller for a wheelchair with robotic manipulator 
    Abayasiri, RAM; Jayasekara, AGBP; Gopura, RARC; Kiguchi, K [Conference-Full-text]
    There is an increasing demand for the wheel chairs which could make decisions by a cquiring information from the surrounding,for the wheel chair users all around the globe. Such type of wheel chairs is called intelligent ...
  • Experimental study of the relationship between upper-limb motions and EMG levels of related muscles 
    Gopura, RC; Kiguchi, K; Horikawa, E; Agalawatta, NT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Human upper-limb muscle activities during daily upper-limb motions have been studied to identify the relationship between upper-limb motions and electromyography (EMG) activity levels oj related muscles Sixteen muscles ...
  • A multi-DoF anthropomorphic transradial prosthetic arm 
    Bandara, DSV; Gopura, RARC; Hemapala, KTMU; Kiguchi, K [Conference-Abstract]
    An anthropomorphic transradial prosthetic arm is proposed in this paper. In order to generate the wrist flexion/extension and ulna/radial deviation, a novel wrist mechanism is proposed based on the parallel prismatic ...
  • Upper extremity prosthetics: Current status, challenges and future directions 
    Bandara, DSV; Gopura, RARC; Hemapala, KTMU; Kiguchi, K [Conference-Abstract]
    There is a drastic increment of the demand for prosthetic devices over the last few decades. This is caused by the increased amputees because of casualties due to civil wars, injuries due to accidents, etc. Therefore, the ...