Walking and sit-to-stand support system for elderly and disabled

Author

Jun, Hong-Gul ; Chang, Yoon-Young ; Dan, Byung-Ju ; Jo, Byeong-Rim ; Min, Byung-Hoon ; Yang, Hyunseok ; Song, Won-Kyung ; Kim, Jongbae

Author_Institution

Mechatron. & Storage Lab., LG Electron., Inc., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2011

fDate

June 29 2011-July 1 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Walking and sit-to-stand support system, the smart mobile walker, is being developed to help elderly and disabled to live an independent daily life. It comprises almost omnidirectional driving mechanism, sit-to-stand support mechanism, and motion compliance module to control the system. The development and evaluation of basic motion compliance algorithm shows that the algorithm for extraction of user intention from the interaction of the operator and the system determines performance of the system. The required parameters and performance index for improving sit-to-stand function are evaluated by the analysis of force reflection between the operator and the system. Finally, future research topics to improve the performance are addressed.

Keywords

compliance control; handicapped aids; medical robotics; mobile robots; disabled; elderly; motion compliance module; omnidirectional driving mechanism; sit-to-stand support system; smart mobile walker; user intention extraction; walking support system; Force; Legged locomotion; Mobile communication; Senior citizens; Torque; Trajectory; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Disabled Persons; Humans; Movement; Postural Balance; Walkers; Walking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

ISSN

1945-7898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9863-5

Electronic_ISBN

1945-7898

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975365

Filename

5975365