Development of a 6-DOF Force Display System with High Safety and its Application to Rehabilitation

Author

Furusho, Junji ; Shichi, N. ; XingHao Hu ; Kikuchi, Takashi ; Nakayama, Keisuke ; Chengqiu Li ; Yamaguchi, Yoshio ; Inoue, Akira

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

25-28 June 2006

Firstpage

962

Lastpage

967

Abstract

Movements of the upper limbs are indispensable for daily activities. Rehabilitation for upper limbs is important for aged people or patients of paralysis caused by stroke. Because of aging of society, the number of stroke patients will increase more in the near future. In recent years, the needs for rehabilitation support systems are increasing, which use robot technology and virtual reality technology. Applying these technologies make efficient rehabilitation possible. This paper presents the development of a 6-DOF rehabilitation system for upper limbs including wrists. This system ensures efficient rehabilitation training which focus on the harmonic movement of the whole upper limb

Keywords

geriatrics; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; 6DOF force display system; Robotherapist; aged people; highly safe display system; paralysed patients; stroke victims; upper limb rehabilitation; virtual reality technology; wrist rehabilitation; Actuators; Aging; Displays; Erbium; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Safety; Service robots; Virtual reality; Wrist; ER Actuator; Robotics; Upper Limb Rehabilitation; Virtual Reality Technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Luoyang, Henan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0465-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0466-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2006.257755

Filename

4026215