Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Towards Accessible Mobility Support: User-Centered Design of a Passive, Multi-Functional, Low-Cost Knee Exoskeleton

  Yuyu Lin, Yujia Liu, Emma Kim, Alexandra Ion (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Lin et al. (Carnegie Mellon) propose a fully passive, unpowered knee exoskeleton that aims to sit in the gap between two unsatisfying options currently available to people with mobility impairments: static knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs), which are …

  • exoskeleton
  • orthosis
  • knee brace
  • mobility
  • rehabilitation
  • gait
  • wearable technology
  • assistive technology
  • user-centered design
  • HCI fabrication
  • stance-control orthosis
  • low-cost assistive technology
  • participatory design

• User Perspectives on Robotics for Post-stroke Hand Rehabilitation

  Chloe Ng (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This student research abstract presents a preliminary qualitative study investigating user perceptions of an exoskeleton robotic device designed for post-stroke hand rehabilitation. Impaired hand motor function is one of the most significant disabili…

  • stroke rehabilitation
  • exoskeleton
  • robotics
  • motor disability
  • assistive technology
  • user experience
  • hand function
  • rehabilitation
  • caregiver perspectives