• DocumentCode
    1957515
  • Title

    Development of a massage robot for medical therapy

  • Author

    Jones, K.C. ; Du, Winncy

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., San Jose State Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    20-24 July 2003
  • Firstpage
    1096
  • Abstract
    This paper addresses the development of a robotic system that can provide basic massage manipulations for medical therapy. A PUMA 562 robot is employed to perform the massage task through a properly controlled end-effector following the desired trajectories. The present work includes studying the massage mechanism and the features of the PUMA 562, generating the proper trajectories, and designing the control laws so that the robot can provide the ideal massage movement with proper force. The proposed algorithms are verified through data collected using a compliant surface representing human tissue.
  • Keywords
    end effectors; force control; medical robotics; patient treatment; position control; PUMA 562 robot; control law design; data collection; end effector; human tissue; massage manipulations; massage robot development; medical therapy; trajectory generation; Biological tissues; Fatigue; Force control; Humans; Medical control systems; Medical robotics; Medical services; Medical treatment; Robotics and automation; Robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2003. AIM 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7759-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AIM.2003.1225495
  • Filename
    1225495