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Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.

When it comes to safety at the workplace, palm oil harvesters are highly exposed to body pain and muscular fatigue, which in the long term may lead to permanent spinal or shoulder damage that will undoubtedly result in different extreme societal difficulties. Meager investment in safety and long hou...

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Main Authors: Selamat, Hazlina, Islam, Tahmida, Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli, Alimin, Ahmad Jais
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Language:English
Published: Semarak Ilmu Publishing 2023
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T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/106013/1/HazlinaSelamat2023_DesignandImplementationofHybridExoskeletonforOilPalm.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.37934/aram.105.1.111
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spelling my.utm.1060132024-05-29T06:31:48Z http://eprints.utm.my/106013/ Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain. Selamat, Hazlina Islam, Tahmida Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli Alimin, Ahmad Jais T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) When it comes to safety at the workplace, palm oil harvesters are highly exposed to body pain and muscular fatigue, which in the long term may lead to permanent spinal or shoulder damage that will undoubtedly result in different extreme societal difficulties. Meager investment in safety and long hours of manual work in awkward posture is the main challenge in ensuring safety in the palm oil field. This study aimed to develop a novel light hybrid exoskeleton exclusively built for palm oil harvesting to reduce muscular strain, maintain minimum cost, and ensure material availability in the local market. The iso-elasticity approach and DC linear motor were used for gravitational and muscular torque compensation and position control. Muscular EMG signal was taken and filtered to investigate the muscle strain reduction after implementing the developed hybrid exoskeleton. The result shows that the overall muscle strain was reduced by 16% using the passive exoskeleton and 23% using the hybrid exoskeleton compared to freehand. According to the results, it is evident that the developed exoskeleton can be implemented in palm oil harvesting, which will reduce the pain level of the workers at a significant rate. Semarak Ilmu Publishing 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/106013/1/HazlinaSelamat2023_DesignandImplementationofHybridExoskeletonforOilPalm.pdf Selamat, Hazlina and Islam, Tahmida and Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli and Alimin, Ahmad Jais (2023) Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics, 105 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2289-7895 http://dx.doi.org/10.37934/aram.105.1.111 DOI: 10.37934/aram.105.1.111
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topic T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Selamat, Hazlina
Islam, Tahmida
Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli
Alimin, Ahmad Jais
Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
description When it comes to safety at the workplace, palm oil harvesters are highly exposed to body pain and muscular fatigue, which in the long term may lead to permanent spinal or shoulder damage that will undoubtedly result in different extreme societal difficulties. Meager investment in safety and long hours of manual work in awkward posture is the main challenge in ensuring safety in the palm oil field. This study aimed to develop a novel light hybrid exoskeleton exclusively built for palm oil harvesting to reduce muscular strain, maintain minimum cost, and ensure material availability in the local market. The iso-elasticity approach and DC linear motor were used for gravitational and muscular torque compensation and position control. Muscular EMG signal was taken and filtered to investigate the muscle strain reduction after implementing the developed hybrid exoskeleton. The result shows that the overall muscle strain was reduced by 16% using the passive exoskeleton and 23% using the hybrid exoskeleton compared to freehand. According to the results, it is evident that the developed exoskeleton can be implemented in palm oil harvesting, which will reduce the pain level of the workers at a significant rate.
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author Selamat, Hazlina
Islam, Tahmida
Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli
Alimin, Ahmad Jais
author_facet Selamat, Hazlina
Islam, Tahmida
Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli
Alimin, Ahmad Jais
author_sort Selamat, Hazlina
title Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
title_short Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
title_full Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
title_fullStr Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
title_full_unstemmed Design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
title_sort design and implementation of hybrid exoskeleton for oil palm harvester to reduce muscle strain.
publisher Semarak Ilmu Publishing
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.utm.my/106013/1/HazlinaSelamat2023_DesignandImplementationofHybridExoskeletonforOilPalm.pdf
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