Title :
CHOBONYAN: Soft-stuffed robot in palmtop size and light weight for therapy
Author :
Rina Hayashi;Shohei Kato
Author_Institution :
Research Div. 2, Nippon Soken Inc. 14 Iwaya, Shimohasumi-cho, Nishio-shi, Aichi-ken, 445-0012, Japan
Abstract :
The development of small and light robot that can easily contact even if elderly people is important in recent years, while the application of robot-assisted therapy is spreading out with great progress in robot technologies. In this study, we proposed the architecture of the robot using the driving system by muscle wires and made soft cat robot in palmtop size and light weight.
Keywords :
"Robot sensing systems","Wires","Muscles","Senior citizens","Ear"
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2015 IEEE 4th Global Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/GCCE.2015.7398537