Robotic assistance for aged people

Author

Takahashi, Yoshihiko ; Nagasawa, Tomoaki ; Nakayama, Hiroki ; Hanzawa, T. ; Arai, Yuichi ; Nagashima, Tmyoshi ; Hirata, Eiichi ; Nakamura, Mitsutoshi ; Iizuka, Takashi ; Ninomiya, Hidekazu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Syst. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

29-31 Jul 1998

Firstpage

853

Lastpage

858

Abstract

Welfare robot technology to assist aged persons is presented. The tea serving robot can carry a cup of tea according to human instructions. The suspended-from-ceiling type tea serving robot requires no installation area since the robot hand is suspended from the ceiling of a house. The standing-on-floor type tea serving robot can be easily moved due to its rod structure which is equipped with a three directional drive mechanism and a robot hand. The idea for the standing-on-floor type robot came from a drip transfusion stand in hospitals. Two types of robots which assist in walking and moving up-and-down stairs were also developed. Both types use a handrail of a house to assist aged persons. The stick type robot can assist in walking and moving up-and-down stairs using tires and rubber belts. The biped type robot can assist using a structure with two legs

Keywords

handicapped aids; mobile robots; aged people; biped type robot; robot hand; robotic assistance; standing-on-floor type robot; stick type robot; suspended-from-ceiling type robot; tea serving robot; three directional drive mechanism; welfare robot; Aging; Bars; Costs; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mechanical systems; Robots; Safety; Vibration control; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE '98. Proceedings of the 37th SICE Annual Conference. International Session Papers

Conference_Location

Chiba

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.1998.742928

Filename

742928