Publications

As a European research project, Robo-Mate generated the following scientific publications and conference contributions.

Scientific Publications

• Altenburger, R., Scherly, D., & Stadler, K. (2016). Design of a passive, iso-elastic upper limb exoskeleton for gravity compensation. ROBOMECH Journal, 3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40648-016-0051-5
  
• Bosch, T., van Eck, J., Knitel, K., & de Looze, M. (2016). The effects of a passive exoskeleton on muscle activity, discomfort and endurance time in forward bending work. Applied Ergonomics, 54, 212-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.12.003
  
• de Looze, M., Bosch, T., Krause, F., Stadler, K., & O’Sullivan, L. (2015). Exoskeletons for industrial application and their potential effects on physical work load. Ergonomics, 59(5), 671-681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1081988
• Knitel, K., van Eck, J., van Bosch, T., & de Looze, M. (2015). Innovatieve rugondersteuning. De effecten van een passief exoskelet op spieractiviteit en volhoudtijd. Tijdschrift Voor Human Factors, 40(1), 4-9.
• Kozlowski, K., Tokhi, M., & Virk, G. (2014). Robo-Mate: Exoskeleton to enhance industrial production. In Mobile Service Robotics. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. (1st ed., pp. 53-60). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte.
  

Conference contributions

• de Kruif, B., Schmidhauser, E., Stadler, K., & O’Sullivan, L. (2016). Reflex response modelling of exoskeleton-user interaction. In 2nd International Symposium on Wearable Robotics. Segovia, Spain.
  
• de Kruif, B., Schmidhauser, E., Stadler, K., & O'Sullivan, L. (2016). Interaction modelling for wearable assistive devices. In Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments conference. Corfu, Greece.
• de Looze, M. (2014). The potential benefits of an exoskelton in industry settings. In Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management / Nordic Ergonomics Society Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Huysamen, K., Nugent, R., & O'Sullivan, L. (2014). Biomechanical and physiological analysis of an exoskeleton for manual handling. In Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference & Symposium on Lean and Patient Safety in Healthcare: Lessons from the Medical Device Industry. Galway, Ireland. Retrieved from http://www.irishergonomics.com/remository/IES-Conference-2014/
  
• Masood, J., Mateos, L., Ortiz, J., Toxiri, S., O’Sullivan, L., & Caldwell, D. (2016). Active Safety Functions for Industrial Lower Body Exoskeletons: Concept and Assessment. In 2nd International Symposium on Wearable Robotics. Segovia, Spain.
• Masood, J., Ortiz, J., Caldwell, D., Mateos, L., & Garcia-Llera, J. (2016). Mechanical Design and Analysis of Light Weight Parallel Elastic Hip Joint Actuator for Industrial Exoskeleton. In IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. Singapore.
• Mateos, L., Ortiz, J., Toxiri, S., Fernández, J., Masood, J., & Caldwell, D. (2016). Exoshoe: A Sensory System to Measure Foot Pressure in Industrial Exoskeleton. In IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. Singapore.
• O'Sullivan, L. (2014). The effect of automated manufacturing environments on employee health. In 6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved from http://library.iated.org/view/OSULLIVAN2014VOC
• O'Sullivan, L., Nugent, R., Müller, J., van der Vorm, J., & de Looze, M. (2015). Standards for the safety of exoskeletons used by industrial workers with manual handling activities - the contribution of the Robo-Mate project to their future development. In 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2015) and the Affiliated Conferences, Human Factors of Robots and Exoskeletons: Rehabilitation and Assistance. Las Vegas, USA.
• Radu, C., Candea, C., & Candea, G. (2016). Towards an Assistive System for Human – Exoskeleton Interaction. In Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments conference. Corfu, Greece.
• Stadler, K., Altenburger, R., Schmidhauser, E., Scherly, D., Ortiz, J., & Toxiri, S. et al. (2016). Robo-Mate: An exoskeleton for industrial use – concept and mechanical design. In 19th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. London, UK.
• Toxiri, S., Ortiz, J., Masood, J., Fernández, J., Mateos, L., & Caldwell, D. (2016). A powered low-back exoskeleton for industrial handling: considerations on controls. In 2nd International Symposium on Wearable Robotics. Segovia, Spain.
• Toxiri, S., Ortiz, J., Massod, J., Fernandez, J., Mateos, L., & Caldwell, D. (2015). A Wearable Device for Reducing Spinal Loads during Lifting Tasks: Biomechanics and Design Concepts. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics. Zhuhai, China.
• van der Vorm, J., de Looze, M., Nugent, R., & O'Sullivan, L. (2015). Safety and risk management in designing for the lifecycle of an exoskeleton: A novel process developed in the Robo-Mate project. In 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2015) and the Affiliated Conferences, Human Factors of Robots and Exoskeletons: Rehabilitation and Assistance. Las Vegas, USA.
• Wixted, F., & O'Sullivan, L. (2014). The effect of automated manufacturing environments on employee health. In Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference & Symposium on Lean and Patient Safety in Healthcare: Lessons from the Medical Device Industry. Galway, Ireland. Retrieved from http://www.irishergonomics.com/remository/IES-Conference-2014/