Description

The Kinarm Exoskeleton Lab is a motorized, lab-based upper-limb robotic exoskeleton system for sensory, motor, and cognitive research. It supports one- or two-arm investigation and provides joint-based shoulder and elbow feedback/control for studies of movement mechanics and neurological function.

The system is best suited to researchers who need joint-based information or control at the shoulder and elbow, including studies involving stroke, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, perinatal stroke, ALS, advanced multiple sclerosis, cerebellar dysfunction, and shoulder replacement surgery. It is not positioned as a wearable assistive exoskeleton; it is a fixed, research-lab robotic platform for controlled upper-limb assessment and experimentation.

Characteristics:

• Supplied Torque: Maximum continuous joint torque of 5.1 Nm (3.8 lb-ft); maximum intermittent joint torque of 15.3 Nm (11.3 lb-ft) for less than 5 s
• Subject range described as 5th – 95th percentile of the general population, from 5 years old with optional child-size arm troughs; adults up to approximately 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in); maximum subject weight 182 kg (401 lb).
• Real-time experiment control at 4 kHz and data acquisition at 1 kHz; MATLAB and Simulink are required for custom task development and must be purchased separately.

Non-Human User Variant:

Kinarm also offers a related NHP Kinarm Exoskeleton Lab for research with awake behaving non-human primates. Kinarm states that the NHP version replicates the Human Kinarm Exoskeleton, supporting the translation of basic research paradigms from non-human primate studies to human studies, and from basic research to clinical research workflows, including drug and therapy development contexts. (external link)

BKIN Technologies Ltd., dba Kinarm, see directory profile

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