Title :
Development of Robotic Gloves for Hand Rehabilitation Post-Stroke
Author :
Popescu, Dorin ; Ivanescu, Mircea ; Manoiu-Olaru, Sorin ; Popescu, Livia-Carmen ; Popescu, Nirvana
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Autom., Comput. & Electron., Univ. of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Abstract :
This paper presents the hardware and software developments that have been achieved and implemented in the robotic gloves for hand rehabilitation post-stroke. The practical results are shown that prove the functionalities of the robotic gloves in common operating conditions. This work focused on development of a lightweight and low-cost robotic glove that patients can wear and use to recover hand functionality. We developed some structures for the robotic glove, as exoskeleton and as soft robotic glove. The paper presents a comparison of these structures.
Keywords :
manipulators; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; software engineering; hand rehabilitation post-stroke; hardware developments; robotic gloves; software developments; Actuators; Exoskeletons; Joints; Robot sensing systems; Thumb; exoskeleton; rehabilitation; robotic glove; robotic hand;
Conference_Titel :
Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2015 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bucharest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1779-2
DOI :
10.1109/CSCS.2015.95