Development of multi-joint exoskeleton-assisted robot and its key technology analysis: An overview

The exoskeleton-assisted robot has broken through the limit of that the traditional vehicle is influenced by the terrain conditions easily, show the wide application prospect in the military and civilian fields, and became a research hotspot. The domestic and international developing status of the multi-joint exoskeleton-assisted robots is reviewed in terms of load exoskeletons and rehabilitation exoskeletons. The key technologies of the multi-joint exoskeleton-assisted robots are also summarized and analyzed in the areas of human-machine matching, driving mode, gait detection, control strategy of human-machine cooperation movement, and power-assisted evaluation. The future research direction and focus of the multi-joint exoskeleton-assisted robots are suggested.