A virtual training sports system for measuring human hand impedance

Author

Takeda, Yusaku ; Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ; Tsuji, Toshio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Artificial Complex Syst. Eng., Hiroshima Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-24 July 2003

Firstpage

914

Abstract

The dynamic characteristics of human upper extremities are usually expressed by mechanical impedance. Although many studies have discussed human impedance characteristics, there are no reports on the practical application of human impedance to rehabilitation. This paper proposes a new virtual training system which can measure task-related impedance of a trainee. The proposed system utilizes the robot consisting of direct drive type slider table to evaluate trainee´s hand impedance quantitatively. Experimental results show that human hand impedance is possible to be estimated in the preliminary phase of motion during virtual sports.

Keywords

computer based training; mechanical variables control; robots; sport; virtual reality; direct drive type slider table; dynamic characteristics; human hand impedance measurement; human upper extremities; impedance control; rehabilitation; robot; trainee task related impedance; virtual training sports system; Anthropometry; Force measurement; Humans; Impedance measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Motion estimation; Muscles; Musculoskeletal system; Systems engineering and theory; Viscosity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2003. AIM 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7759-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIM.2003.1225464

Filename

1225464