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When a human manipulates an object with a power assist robot, the human feels a scaled-down effect of the load and the forces required to manipulate the object also reduce. We determined in our previous research that the power assist robot reduces the weight of the lifted object to 40% of its actual weight. However, the root cause of reduced heaviness of objects manipulated with power assist robots...
The main aim of this paper is to design a hybrid force-position controller using fuzzy logic (FL) for the robotic arm of a 9 degrees of freedom (DOF) upper limb wearable exoskeleton rehabilitation robot. The robot is designed and built in our lab for assisting in the rehabilitation of patients post-stroke. The robotic arm of the rehabilitation robot is driven by pneumatic muscles (PM) and its dynamic...
This paper reports the design of a Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) gripper with four degrees of freedom force sensing capabilities. It will be used to provide force feedback during surgical interventions in which the surgeon will remotely manipulate surgical instruments through the use of a robotic arm directly inserted into the patient's insufflated abdominal cavity. Suturing, dissection and ablation...
The authors are developing a knee joint robot as an educational tool for students becoming physical therapist (PT) or occupational therapist (OT). The robot can simulate some problems of a knee joint, such as range of motion trouble, contracture, rigidity, spasticity and so on. The robot has a knee joint mechanism to realize not only flexion/extension movement but also inner/outer rotation movement,...
Wearable robots can assist people with disabilities to perform their daily tasks. However, the size, weight and wearability are important factors in the design because it is worn by the person controlling it. Various disabilities can be assisted with wearable robot technology, from the lower to upper body. The hand is an important part of the body for the disabled to perform their daily tasks. However,...
It is well known that the massage therapy is useful for the rehabilitation of various diseases (i.e. oral health problems, etc.). Although various apparatus have been developed for the massage of the torso and limbs, there is still little knowledge about their real effectiveness. For this purpose, authors have proposed the development of a robotic system that provides massage therapy of the maxillofacial...
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