Patent ID: 7410338

Claim:
An arm exoskeleton for acquiring data representative of the movements of arm joints of a human body and/or exerting torques to said arm joints, the exoskeleton comprising a sleeve for wearing on at least one arm of a human person so as to provide a moving system of exoskeleton joints, said sleeve comprising a first subassembly “shoulder exoskeleton” having at least six exoskeleton joints associated with a shoulder joint of said human body, a second subassembly “elbow exoskeleton” comprising at least four exoskeleton joints associated with an elbow joint of said human body, and a third subassembly “wrist exoskeleton” comprising at least six exoskeleton joints associated with a wrist joint of said human body, and actuating units for controlling said first, second and third subassemblies, such that said first, second and third subassemblies are mechanically dissociated so as to be capable of being controlled individually by said actuating units.