A garment for stimulation of a wearer’s sensory motor system. The garment includes a main body portion that includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion and at least one sensory motor stimulation member associated with the main body portion. The garment is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer’s torso and is form-fitting when worn by the wearer. The at least one sensory motor stimulation member contacts the wearer’s skin when the garment is worn. The garment is fabricated from an elastomeric material that causes the at least one sensory motor stimulation member to stimulate the cutaneous nerve receptors in the wearer’s skin contacted by the at least one sensory motor stimulation member.

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Disclosed herein is a control system for an exoskeleton haptic device, having: a frame structure, to be coupled to the body of a subject; actuators, carried by the frame structure and operable to cause movement of a number of joints of the body; and sensors, coupled to the body to detect first signals indicative of an intention of movement of the subject. The control system is provided with: a feedback stage, controlling a position of the joints based on a reference position; a feedforward stage, controlling a compliance presented by the exoskeleton haptic device to the subject based on the detected first signals; and a combining block, combining outputs from the feedback stage and feedforward stage in order to generate a driving signal for the actuators, thereby imposing a controlled position to the joints. This primary control action may also be integrated with a posture equilibrium control, for controlling postural equilibrium of the subject during the movement.

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A system for arm therapy comprises a first drive (M2) that can be fixedly connected to an element (10) determining the position of a user (19) and rotationally driving, about a first axis (A2), a part (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, M1, 26) of the arm therapy system which can be connected to an upper arm module (26, M3, M4). The driven part of the arm therapy system comprises a second drive (M1) adapted to rotationally drive said upper arm module (26, M3, M4) about a second axis (A1), wherein said second axis (A1) is oriented orthogonal to the first axis (A2). The system can provide a statically determined exoskeleton with correct anatomical axes and misaligned technical axes.

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(EN)A robot motor rehabilitation device (10), especially suitable for being used in motor rehabilitation activities on patients (72) suffering from neurological and/or orthopaedic damages of a various nature such as outcomes of ictus, head traumas, vertebral column injuries, as well as motor rehabilitation on patients with a hip bone or knee prosthesis, comprising a portal structure fixed to a base structure, a motor-driven belt (128) suitable for allowing the walk of the patient (72), a bodice (74) basically provided with four straps or braces (76) that can be hooked to the device structure and worn by the patient (72) for the support thereof, a first exoskeleton (82) and a second exoskeleton (84) articulated and independent for the passive and assisted movement of the lower limbs (72′) of the patient (72), the exoskeletons comprising automatic actuation and movement means, with said rehabilitation device that further comprises means for lifting the patient and for the automatic and continuous control of the amount of weight of the same to be used in the therapy.
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Artificial limbs and joints which behave like a biological limbs and joints employ a synthetic actuator which consume negligible power when exerting zero force, consume negligible power when outputting force at constant length (isometric) and while performing dissipative, nonconservative work, are capable of independently engaging flexion and extension tendon-like, series springs, are capable of independently varying joint position and stiffness, and exploit series elasticity for mechanical power amplification.

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