A review and framework on the aesthetic design of wearable exoskeleton

Abstract

Since the first documented modern wearable exoskeleton appeared, the development of wearable exoskeleton could be summarized as three stages: germination, exploration, and innovation. This paper has 5 sections. Section 1 briefly introduces the research background of the modern wearable exoskeleton. Section 2 reviews the classical design cases since the emerging of the concepts of wearable exoskeleton. Section 3 provides a detailed integration of the theory developments on the design methodology of the wearable exoskeleton. Section 4 illustrates a framework of the aesthetic design of wearable exoskeleton by combining Total Design methodology (as a design framework core), QFD, TRIZ and Product Semantics. Section 5 gives a conclusion on the discussion of the design framework as well as the future work.