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Commanding an assistive robotic arm in activities of daily living. Turning users into partners: Co-designing a robotic arm command system / Steuerung eines Assistenzroboterarms bei Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens. Nutzer:innen zu Partner:innen machen: Gemeinsame Entwicklung eines Steuerungssystems für Roboterarme Cover

Commanding an assistive robotic arm in activities of daily living. Turning users into partners: Co-designing a robotic arm command system / Steuerung eines Assistenzroboterarms bei Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens. Nutzer:innen zu Partner:innen machen: Gemeinsame Entwicklung eines Steuerungssystems für Roboterarme

International Journal of Health Professions
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: C. Bischofberger,  R. Rätz,  G. Gruener and  A.M. Raab  
Open Access
|Dec 2025
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Double Diamond Model

Figure 2:

Needs of individuals with tetraplegia

Figure 3:

ADL (Activities of Daily Living) assessment matrix analysis revealing which tasks are most relevant for integration into the robotic arm system, based on user preferences and technical considerations

Figure 4:

Average importance of ADL (Activities of Daily Living) for individuals with tetraplegia from 0 (not important) to 6 (very important)

Figure 5:

Different HMI (Human-Machine Interface) designs depending on pathology. Abbreviations: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), Brain Computer Interface (BCI)

Figure 6:

Standard GUI (Graphical User Interface) Layout

Figure 7:

Large Button GUI (Graphical User Interface) Layout

Figure 8:

Compact GUI (Graphical User Interface) Layout

Figure 9:

Fast navigation three-step GUI. Left: First step, choose a position that the robotic arm should reach. Center: Second step, choose the lateral position to be reached. Right: Third step, choose the gripper orientation

Figure 10:

Exemplary Finite State Machine Task Execution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2025-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2296-990X
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Language: English, German
Page range: 173 - 186
Submitted on: Jul 31, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 29, 2025
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Assistive Technology,
Tetraplegia,
Robotic Arm Control,
Human-Machine Interface
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2025 C. Bischofberger, R. Rätz, G. Gruener, A.M. Raab, published by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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