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    Area of Science:

    • Robotics
    • Rehabilitation Engineering
    • Biomechanics

    Background:

    • Robot-aided rehabilitation offers personalized therapy.
    • Variable impedance control enhances human-robot interaction.
    • Adaptive control is crucial for user-specific needs.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate a user-adaptive variable impedance control approach for robot-aided rehabilitation.
    • To personalize robotic assistance based on user motion intent.
    • To improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of rehabilitation tasks.

    Main Methods:

    • Implemented a user-adaptive variable impedance controller.
    • Utilized Bayesian optimization with Gaussian processes and Student-t process for robustness.
    • Conducted a target-reaching study with 15 healthy participants using a wearable ankle robot.

    Main Results:

    • Optimized controller improved speed by 9.9% and reduced trajectory deviation by 7.6%.
    • Task completion time decreased by 6.6% with similar user effort.
    • Significant individual variations in optimal parameters confirmed the need for user-adaptation.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed optimal variable impedance control is effective and feasible for robot-aided rehabilitation.
    • User-adaptive control significantly enhances performance in ankle rehabilitation tasks.
    • Personalized impedance parameters are critical for optimizing rehabilitation outcomes.