A perspective on engaging the disability community in exoskeleton design, implementation, and policymaking
这篇观点文章指出，医疗和工业外骨骼技术也能帮助各类残障人士，并建议人因工程专家采用包容性、通用、以用户为中心和参与式设计原则，与残障用户长期合作，以提升外骨骼的有用性、可用性和安全性。
Cutting-edge exoskeleton technologies are being developed to rehabilitate older adult patients in medical settings and prevent injury of able-bodied individuals in industrial settings. However, both medical and occupational exoskeletons offer yet underrecognized opportunities to support individuals across the full range of disabled experiences. This perspective piece offers guidance towards design, implementation, and policy for exoskeletons to be used by a diverse set of disabled individuals. To improve the usefulness, usability, and safety of exoskeletons for disabled users, ergonomists can employ inclusive design, universal design, user-centered design, and participatory design principles. In applying these principles, ergonomists must partner with disabled users as they are experts of their own different and overlapping physical, cognitive, sensory, and mental-health-related disabilities. This partnership should be long-standing and extend throughout all stages of the design process via participatory design sessions and community engagement studios.