However, in contrast to laboratory environments, where
the temperature and humidity are controlled in an indoor
setting, industrial environments present a big challenge for
monitoring technologies that are glued or fasten to the
exoskeleton’s wearer body.
EMG is considered as being overly complex and subject
to external conditions for use in industrial exoskeletons to
modulate its assistance. Thus, the wearer may sweat then
affect the EMG reading or the connectors of the EMG
sensors might detach which make this option not reliable.
A similar approach is to fasten the monitoring sensors to
the wearer, however, this can become invasive and due to
movements the sensors might shift positions or get loose,
making them not a reliable solution for industrial settings.