Type of sensor | SIP (system in pack age) configuration | Fabrication type | Characteristics/Specifications | Applications | Applications |
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Inertial measure ment unit (IMUs) | 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magneto- meter | 1. IGlove for three fingers 2. Exosuit | 1. MPU-9250 from InvenSense 2. Bosch Sensortec BNO055’s | Manual dexterity for upper limb | |
 | N/A | Exosuit | MTi-3, XSens, Netherlands | Paratic ankle assistance | [28] |
 | N/A | Hip assistance | MPU-9150 from In venSense | Skin stretch evaluation | [69] |
 | 3-axis with barometric pressure sensor | Wrist worn IMU | Resense with 10-DOF | Assess arm assistance | [70] |
 | N/A | EMS based IMUs at tached to the hand | 9-DOF per finger point | Finger dexterity | [35] |
 | N/A | Exoskeleton for elbow | N/A | Elbow rehabilitation | [48] |
 | Accelerometer and flex sensor | Exosuit for thumb | 9 DOF (Bosch BNO055, breakout board by Adafruit) | Application evaluation | [34] |
Force sensing resistors(FSRs) | N/A | Shoe insoles | Supports foot pronation and supination | Foot strike assistant | [29] |
 | Vibrotactile force sensor | Desk-fixed mounting | Honey-well FSS1500 | In-hand dexterity | [47] |
 |  | Wearable hard prototype | MW-AHRS, NTRexLAB and Flex force, Tekscan | Training of ankle foot Orthosis pa tients | [26] |
 | Flexforce sensor | Dexk-fixed mounting | Tekscan | Grip force application during robotic sugery | [54] |
 | Flexbend sensor | Dexterity glove | N/A | Post-stroke rehabilit- ation | [55] |
 | Triaxial accelerometer and strain sensor | Nail attachment | Contact Force sen sor HapLog (Kato Tech Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan) | Finger dexterity | [71] |
Pressure sensor | N/A | Finger socket-based fabrication | MPX5500DP, Freescale, USA) | Hand rehabilitation | |
 | N/A | Shoe type fabrication | Collect pressure data from the critical points | Improving lower limb points | [62] |
 | N/A | Stacked array type fab ricated glove | pressure-sensitive polymer (Velostat\(^{\textrm{TM}}\), 3M, Maplewood, MN USA) | Control of prosthetic limbs | [61] |