Wearable robotics holds promise for enhancing human capabilities and addressing motor challenges in individuals with impairments, amputations, or those who are healthy. Exoskeletons, among various wearable devices, are designed to be worn on the upper or lower limbs. While some applications, like in the medical field, have been widely adopted, …
Research and development of exoskeletons for injury prevention and assistance with everyday living has steadily increased in the last decade. With some products already available on the market, a widespread adoption of exoskeletons appears to be within close reach. However, many challenges still remain to be overcome, one of which …
Managers’ commitment to safety has been recognised as a focal concept that can play an important role as organisations strive to improve safety performance and prevent major accidents (Flin, 2003; Flin & Yule, 2004). When management is committed to safety, this shows employees that safety is an important value to …
Integrating systems are commonly found in power and paper mills, aerospace control systems, storage tanks, distillation columns, chemical reactors, and petroleum industries. Due to their open-loop instability resulting in an unconstrained output for a constrained input, efficient control of integrating processes is challenging. Control of integrating processes has attracted the …
Minimally invasive surgery is one of the most promising trends in medicine. Despite of its obvious advantages - the use of small incisions reducing trauma and risk of infection - it still represents a great challenge for the surgeon, as visual guidance and dexterity are severely impaired. In the case …
Unexpected production breakdowns and unpredictable defects in product quality remain critical problems in modern manufacturing systems. Usually occuring by no obvious exterior cause and often during periods of smooth production, they lead to production losses and reduced process availability, which results in lower profit rates. Conventional statistical methods of process …