Suggestions on the content of the standard program biomedical testing military exoskeletons

Suggestions on the content of the standard program biomedical testing military exoskeletons

Evgeniy A. Antokhin
Senior Research Scientist, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Maxim V. Kaltygin
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, State Scientific Research Testing Institute of Military Medicine, 4, Lesoparkovaya ul., Saint Petersburg, 195043, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sergey G. Tsarichenko
Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, 26, Yaroslavskoye shosse, Moscow, 129337, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

UDC identifier: 61:623:612.76:007.51

EDN: SKZANK

Abstract. Based on a brief analysis of existing methods for evaluating exoskeleton structures, the article offers a list of the main experimental studies recommended for priority inclusion in standard programs of biomedical testing of military exoskeletons and defines the main objectives of these tests.

Key words: combat equipment of military personnel, military exoskeleton, biomedical testing, effectiveness of military exoskeletons, safety of military exoskeletons, ergospirometry, electromyography, myotonometry, technology «motion capture», stabilometry; provision of medical care

For citation: Antokhin, E.A., Kaltygin, M.V. and Tsarichenko, S.G. (2025), "Suggestions on the content of the standard program biomedical testing military exoskeletons", Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 174-182, EDN: SKZANK. (in Russian).

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Received 30.01.2025
Revised 03.04.2025
Accepted 27.04.2025