Publications by Type: Journal Article

2020
Smart Thermally Actuating Textiles
V. Sanchez, et al., “Smart Thermally Actuating Textiles,” Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020. PDF
C. Siviy, et al., “Offline Assistance Optimization of a Soft Exosuit for Augmenting Ankle Power of Stroke Survivors During Walking,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, 2020. PDF
C. Correia, et al., “Improving Grasp Function after Spinal Cord Injury with a Soft Robotic Glove,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1407-1415, 2020. PDF
C. O'Neill, et al., “Inflatable soft wearable robot for reducing therapist fatigue during upper extremity rehabilitation in severe stroke,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3899-3906, 2020. PDF
D. Bautista-Salinas, et al., “Synchronization of a Soft Robotic Ventricular Assist Device to the Native Cardiac Rhythm Using an Epicardial Electrogram,” ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2020. PDF
E. J. Park, et al., “A Hinge-Free, Non-Restrictive, Lightweight Tethered Exosuit for Knee Extension Assistance During Walking,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2020. PDF
L. Awad, P. Kudzia, D. A. Revi, T. D. Ellis, and C. J. Walsh, “Walking Faster and Farther With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: Implications for Post-Stroke Gait Assistance and Rehabilitation,” IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, vol. 1, pp. 108-115, 2020. PDF
2019
S. Berndt, M. Herman, C. Walsh, and D. Holland, “The SDM Finger: Teaching engineering design through soft robotics,” Science Scope, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 14-21, 2019. PDF
Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit
J. Kim, et al., “Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit,” Science, vol. 365, no. 6454, pp. 668-672, 2019. Publisher's VersionAbstract
Walking and running have fundamentally different biomechanics, which makes developing devices that assist both gaits challenging. We show that a portable exosuit that assists hip extension can reduce the metabolic rate of treadmill walking at 1.5 meters per second by 9.3% and that of running at 2.5 meters per second by 4.0% compared with locomotion without the exosuit. These reduction magnitudes are comparable to the effects of taking off 7.4 and 5.7 kilograms during walking and running, respectively, and are in a range that has shown meaningful athletic performance changes. The exosuit automatically switches between actuation profiles for both gaits, on the basis of estimated potential energy fluctuations of the wearer’s center of mass. Single-participant experiments show that it is possible to reduce metabolic rates of different running speeds and uphill walking, further demonstrating the exosuit’s versatility.
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W. - H. Hsu, E. J. Park, D. L. Miranda, H. M. Sallum, C. J. Walsh, and E. C. Goldfield, “Gait Initiation of New Walkers and the Adult's Role in Regulating Directionality of the Child's Body Motion,” Journal of Motor Learning and Development, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-48, 2019. PDF
F. Panizzolo, et al., “Metabolic cost adaptations during training with a soft exosuit assisting the hip joint,” Scientific Reports, 2019. PDF
D. J. Preston, et al., “A soft ring oscillator,” Science Robotics, vol. 4, no. 31, 2019. PDF
J. Zhang, et al., “Robotic Artificial Muscles: Current Progress and Future Perspectives,” IEEE Transaction on Robitics, pp. 1-21, 2019. PDF
J. Kang, K. Ghonasgi, C. Walsh, and S. Agrawal, “Simulating Hemiparetic Gait in Healthy Subjects using TPAD with a Closed-loop Controller,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 974-983, 2019. PDF
Sew-free anisotropic textile composites for rapid design and manufacturing of soft wearable robots
F. Connolly, D. A. Wagner, C. J. Walsh, and K. Bertoldi, “Sew-free anisotropic textile composites for rapid design and manufacturing of soft wearable robots,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol. 27, pp. 52-58, 2019. Publisher's Version PDF
M. Grimmer, et al., “Comparison of the human-exosuit interaction using ankle moment and ankle positive power inspired walking assistance,” Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 83, no. 23, pp. 76-84, 2019. PDF
M. Grimmer, R. Riener, C. J. Walsh, and A. Seyfarth, “Mobility related physical and functional losses due to aging and disease - a motivation for lower limb exoskeletons,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 16, no. 1, 2019. PDF
2018
S. Lee, et al., “Autonomous multi-joint soft exosuit with augmentation-power-based control parameter tuning reduces energy cost of loaded walking,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 66, 2018. PDF
M. Moyne, M. Herman, K. Z. Gajos, C. Walsh, and D. P. Holland, “The Development and Evaluation of DEFT, a Web-Based Tool for Engineering Design Education,” IEEE Transaction on Learning Technologies, vol. 11, no. 4, 2018. PDF
F. Porciuncula, et al., “Wearable movement sensors for rehabilitation: A focused review of technological and clinical advances,” PM&R, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. S220-232, 2018. PDF

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