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A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Irshaidat, M., Soufian, M., Al-Ibadi, A., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2019, April). A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation. Presented at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019), Seoul, Korea

Rehabilitation interventions play a vital role especially in most post-stroke care. Many rehabilitation robotic devices have been designed and developed to assist many individuals suffering from stroke or similar disabling illness and living with... Read More about A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation.

Human-robot shared control for split-site interaction and disabled assistance (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018, September). Human-robot shared control for split-site interaction and disabled assistance. Presented at 8th Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery (CRAS), London, UK

The context where the robot will be used leads to understanding the interaction requirement among the robots and between the human and robot. This includes the number of humans and robots to be used, the task to be solved, and in several cases, the h... Read More about Human-robot shared control for split-site interaction and disabled assistance.

Design of two segments continuum robot arm based on pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA) (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., Davis, S., & Theodoridis, T. (2018, September). Design of two segments continuum robot arm based on pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA). Presented at 24th International Conference on Automation & Computing, Newcastle, UK

This paper proposes a novel continuum robot arm based on the pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA). The simple design of the extensor and the contractor PMAs are used to implement the extension and the contraction sections respectively. Five actuators a... Read More about Design of two segments continuum robot arm based on pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA).

A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018, April). A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles. Presented at RoboSoft 2018, Livorno, Italy

This paper illustrates the design, implementation and kinematics of a novel circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA), inspired by the skeletal muscles of a human. The variation of the inner diameter of this actuator is a unique feature. Furthermore,... Read More about A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles.

A novel, soft, bending actuator for use in power assist and rehabilitation exoskeletons (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Fahaam, H., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2017, September). A novel, soft, bending actuator for use in power assist and rehabilitation exoskeletons. Presented at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This article presents the development of a fully soft, exoskeleton robot for power augmentation and rehabilitation of a human wrist joint. The system is powered by novel bending pneumatic muscles which have been combined with contractor pneumatic mus... Read More about A novel, soft, bending actuator for use in power assist and rehabilitation exoskeletons.

Cooperative project by self-bending continuum arms (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2017, September). Cooperative project by self-bending continuum arms. Presented at The 23rd International Conference on Automation & Computing, Huddersfield, UK

Designing a multi-robot system provides numerous advantages for many applications such as low cost, multi-tasking and more efficient group work. However, the rigidity of the robots used in industrial and medical applications increases the probabilit... Read More about Cooperative project by self-bending continuum arms.

Novel models for the extension pneumatic muscle actuator performances (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2017, September). Novel models for the extension pneumatic muscle actuator performances. Presented at The 23rd International Conference on Automation & Computing, Huddersfield, UK

This paper illustrates the design, implementation and modelling of the extensor pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA). The extensor soft actuator has a vital feature of ability to bend and extend, and that give it the flexibility to use in numerous app... Read More about Novel models for the extension pneumatic muscle actuator performances.

A Quantitative Evaluation of Drive Patterns in Electrical Impedance Tomography (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Impedance Tomography. Presented at MOBIHEALTH 2016 - 6th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, Milan

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a method used to display, through an image, the conductivity distribution inside a domain by using measurements taken from electrodes placed at its periphery. This paper presents our prototype of a stretchab... Read More about A Quantitative Evaluation of Drive Patterns in Electrical Impedance Tomography.

3D position mapping of continuum arm (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2016, October). 3D position mapping of continuum arm. Presented at International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering, ICSAE 2016, Newcastle UK

Modelling a continuum arm is one of the major challenges in soft robotic researches. An accurate position model allows wider use of continuum robot arms in industrial and medical applications. Furthermore, accurate control can be achieved. This pape... Read More about 3D position mapping of continuum arm.

Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Fahaam, H., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2016, October). Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators. Presented at International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ICSAE),, Newcastle UK

The aim of this paper is to describe the design of a soft, wearable splint for wrist joint rehabilitation, based on pneumatic soft actuators. The extensor bending and the contraction types of pneumatic soft actuators have been adopted in this stud... Read More about Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators.