22 Polygerinos, P., Wang, Z., Galloway, K., Wood, R., Walsh, C.J. Soft Robotic Glove for Combined Assistance and at-Home Rehabilitation. RAS Special Issue on Wearable Robotics (in press).
The soft robotic glove under development at the Wyss Institute could one day be an assistive device used for grasping objects, which could help patients suffering from muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), incomplete spinal cord injury, or other hand impairments to regain some daily independence and control of their environment.