Multi-compliance printing techniques for the fabrication of customisable hand exoskeletons

Sarwar, W., Harwin, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-3381, Janko, B. and Bell, G. (2019) Multi-compliance printing techniques for the fabrication of customisable hand exoskeletons. In: IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 24-28 Jun 2019, Toronto, Canada, pp. 488-493. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779371

Abstract/Summary

To be successful, hand exoskeletons require customisable low encumbrance design with multi-compliant materials. This paper details the modification and testing of a fused filament fabrication printer to produce three categories of multi-compliant material that can be incorporated into the design of hand exoskeletons. Demonstration of the multi-compliant material for some common problems in hand exoskeleton design are presented. This method of manufacturing multi-compliant materials could result in widespread use of exoskeleton design in both the rehabilitation and assistive fields.