Title :
Evaluation of single switch interface with robot arm to help disabled people daily life
Author :
Wakita, Yujin ; Yamanobe, Natsuki ; Nagata, Kazuyuki ; Clerc, Mathias
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
fDate :
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
To support disabled persons with less muscle strength like muscular dystrophy patients, a single switch and a scanning menu panel is introduced to input method for the manipulator control. The iArm manipulator and its simulator are connected to evaluate the input performance. The evaluation task is the handling of pegs on the pegboard with the manipulator. Muscle dystrophy patients tested our interface to control both of the simulator and the real manipulator with a pegboard. The view of the robot control by the subject is shown on the video.
Keywords :
diseases; handicapped aids; human-robot interaction; manipulators; medical robotics; middleware; muscle; patient rehabilitation; service robots; user interfaces; RT-middleware software platform; daily life support; disabled person rehabilitation; iArm manipulator simulator; manipulator control; muscle strength; muscular dystrophy patient; pegboard peg handling; robot arm control; scanning menu panel; service robot; single switch interface; video system; Human robot interaction; Intelligent robots; Manipulators; Muscles; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot control; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Switches; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toyama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5081-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9445
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326046
