Oxygen consumption in industrial tasks assisted by an active upper-limb exoskeleton

The main objective of the study included in this paper is to analyze the possible advantages of the incorporation of the upper-limb exoskeleton developed within the ExIF project in the performance of a repetitive task of industrial scope. For this purpose, the times used to carry out the movements inherent to the task have been studied, as well as the changes in oxygen consumption when performing the activity under two conditions (with and without the robotic device). After analyzing the results obtained, it can be stated that carrying out the activity with the help of the exoskeleton means a reduction in oxygen consumption by the user, which implies that there is a decrease in the level of intensity of the task to be performed.