The Technical Challenges in Orthotic Exoskeleton Robots with Future Directions: a Review Paper

Abstract

The robotic wearable exoskeletons have been developed due to various advantages offered by these devices. These advantages are manifested by integrating the human and a robot into one system under the user's control, which motivated researchers to develop different exoskeletons through years. However, several advances in exoskeleton; still, dealing with the various technical challenges in designing these impressive devices is inevitably. This paper aims to introduce informative resources and quick guidance of various technical challenges as such information is critical for exoskeleton development. The constructive discussion is intended to encourage researchers, innovators and academia to be aware of these challenges. Finally, the contemporary research gaps with various challenges have been highlighted, which remain to be solved as well as some future directions in this field that will have far-reaching effects on developing exoskeletons.