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    Area of Science:

    • Robotics
    • Rehabilitation Engineering
    • Computational Biomechanics

    Background:

    • Robotic exoskeletons are crucial for rehabilitation interventions in individuals with movement disabilities.
    • Current development processes for robotic exoskeletons can be time-consuming and resource-intensive.
    • A need exists for efficient virtual tools to streamline the design, control, and testing of these devices.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a systematic framework for the virtual prototyping of robotic exoskeletons.
    • To enable the optimization of exoskeleton design and control algorithms.
    • To provide a platform for hypothesis-driven virtual experiments to assess device performance and rehabilitation outcomes.

    Main Methods:

    • Integration of computational musculoskeletal modeling with simulation-based design techniques.
    • Development of biomechanical, morphological, and controller-specific measures for performance optimization.
    • Application of the framework in a case study involving an index finger exoskeleton design and analysis.

    Main Results:

    • The framework facilitates the integrated design, control, and virtual experimentation of robotic exoskeletons.
    • Optimization of exoskeleton performance is achieved through defined biomechanical, morphological, and controller measures.
    • The case study demonstrates the framework's efficacy in analyzing a specific exoskeleton design.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed framework offers a powerful tool for accelerating the development and refinement of robotic exoskeletons.
    • Virtual prototyping and experimentation are effective for quantifying exoskeleton performance and predicting rehabilitation progress.
    • This approach supports hypothesis-driven research in exoskeleton design and application for movement disabilities.