BIBFRAME Work

Title

Innovative Hand Exoskeleton Design for Extravehicular Activities in Space

Type

  • Text
  • Monograph

Contribution

Subject

Language

Classification

Content

Summary

Environmental conditions and pressurized spacesuits expose astronauts to problems of fatigue during lengthy extravehicular activities, with adverse impacts especially on the dexterity, force and endurance of the hands and arms. A state-of-the-art exploration in the field of hand exoskeletons revealed that available products are unsuitable for space applications because of their bulkiness and mass. This book proposes a novel approach to the development of hand exoskeletons, based on an innovative soft robotics concept that relies on the exploitation of electroactive polymers operating as sensors and actuators, on a combination of electromyography and mechanomyography for detection of the user's will and on neural networks for control. The result is a design that should enhance astronauts' performance during extravehicular activities. In summary, the advantages of the described approach are a low-weight, high-flexibility exoskeleton that allows for dexterity and compliance with the user's will.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Users' Requirements -- State of the Art -- The Solution -- Concept Layout -- Conclusions.

Authorized Access Point

Freni, Pierluigi. Innovative Hand Exoskeleton Design for Extravehicular Activities in Space

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:22:34.880803+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 21733279

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

Alternative Formats

Blue Core Actions

  • Load to Marva Marva loads Instances, not Works. Open one of this Work's Instances and load that into Marva instead.
  • Load to Sinopia
  • Export to Catalog Only Instances can be exported. Open one of this Work's Instances and export that instead.