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To support, and potentially improve, gait-related tasks, wearable robots (WR) are promising, especially soft-WR. To develop WR that are acceptable for their users, users need to be part of the design and development of WR. In the scope of the SWAG project, a pragmatic Human-Centered Design approach is adopted to develop a soft exosuit suitable for different applications. Accordingly, user requirements were elicited, first generally via a literature review, then specifically targeted towards SWAG via focus groups with users for each use case. Resulting user requirements feed into design and development of the exosuit, regarding the required support, modularity, donning/doffing, look and feel, and comfort. Next step is to test first mock-ups and pre-functional prototypes with users.

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User-Centered Design Approach for Development of an Assistive Soft Exosuit and Initial Results on User Requirements

  • 会议论文

  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • Gerdienke B. Prange-Lasonder,
  • Kira Oberschmidt,
  • Ilaria Pacifico,
  • Marko Jamšek,
  • Jan Babič,
  • Federico Masiero,
  • Lorenzo Masia,
  • Katerina Smyrli,
  • Erik C. Prinsen

摘要

To support, and potentially improve, gait-related tasks, wearable robots (WR) are promising, especially soft-WR. To develop WR that are acceptable for their users, users need to be part of the design and development of WR. In the scope of the SWAG project, a pragmatic Human-Centered Design approach is adopted to develop a soft exosuit suitable for different applications. Accordingly, user requirements were elicited, first generally via a literature review, then specifically targeted towards SWAG via focus groups with users for each use case. Resulting user requirements feed into design and development of the exosuit, regarding the required support, modularity, donning/doffing, look and feel, and comfort. Next step is to test first mock-ups and pre-functional prototypes with users.