Title :
Bed-type robotic system for the bedridden
Author :
Seo, Kap-Ho ; Oh, Changmok ; Choi, Tae-Yong ; Lee, Ju-Jang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., KAIST, Daejeon
Abstract :
An intelligent bed robot system (IBRS) is proposed to help the elderly and the disabled for their independent life in bed. The IBRS is a special bed equipped with two robot arms and an array of pressure sensors attached onto the mattress. The pressure distribution on the mattress is used to estimate the pose of the patient, and an appropriate assistance is provided by the robot arms
Keywords :
geriatrics; handicapped aids; intelligent robots; manipulators; pressure sensors; bedridden; intelligent bed robot system; motion estimation; pressure sensor distribution bed; pressure sensors arrays; robot arms; Humans; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Motion measurement; Muscles; Robot sensing systems; Senior citizens; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings, 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9047-4
DOI :
10.1109/AIM.2005.1511168
