• DocumentCode
    133884
  • Title

    Development of an independent support system capable of walking from recumbent position

  • Author

    Kobayashi, Hiroshi ; Harada, Yusuke ; Tokoro, Koushi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-7 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    754
  • Lastpage
    758
  • Abstract
    In order to relive the burden of nursing care and help a handicapped person to be more independent, we have been developing “an Independence Support System”, which can assist uprising and walking motion from lying on a bed. In this paper, we report the concept and mechanism of the system, and evaluation of reduction of burden by physical work.
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; medical robotics; mobile robots; motion control; patient care; position control; handicapped person; independent support system; nursing care; physical work; recumbent position; uprising assistance; walking motion assistance; Batteries; Knee; Muscles; Thigh; Wheels; World Wide Web; Assistive technology; McKibben artificial muscle; Stand up assistance; Walk assistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    World Automation Congress (WAC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WAC.2014.6936132
  • Filename
    6936132