Method for Improving Muscular Activations During Exoskeleton-Aided Therapy with Intelligent Algorithms and VR-Based Teleoperation
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Submitted on: Feb 12, 2026
Accepted on: Jul 7, 2026
Published on: Sep 5, 2026
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© 2026 Piotr Falkowski, Kajetan Jeznach, Tomasz Osiak, Jan Oleksiuk, Krzysztof Zawalski, Piotr Kołodziejski, Daniel Śliż, Zbigniew Pilat, Tomasz Chomiuk, published by Bialystok University of Technology
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