Title :
Development of an upper limb rehabilitation robot with guidance control by pneumatic artificial muscles
Author :
Tsuji, Toshiaki ; Itoh, Shota ; Sakaino, Sho ; Hasegawa, Yuri
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. & Electron. Syst., Saitama Univ., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
In recent years, the population of elderly people is increasing rapidly. Rehabilitation training systems using robotics and virtual reality technologies, therefore, attracts attention. This paper introduces the development of an upper limb rehabilitation robot with guidance control. This study investigates how the motor learning effect improves with low stiffness guidance control based on pneumatic artificial muscles.
Keywords :
learning (artificial intelligence); mechanical variables control; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; elderly people; guidance control; motor learning effect; pneumatic artificial muscle; rehabilitation training system; stiffness guidance control; upper limb rehabilitation robot; virtual reality technology; Force; Joints; Muscles; Pneumatic systems; Robots; Shoulder; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics (ICM), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
DOI :
10.1109/ICMECH.2015.7084014
