Title :
A remote assessment system with a vision robot and wearable sensors
Author :
Zhang, Tong ; Wang, Jue ; Ren, Yumiao ; Li, Jianjun
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Biomedical Inf. Eng. of Ministry of Educ., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China
Abstract :
This paper describes an ongoing researched remote rehabilitation assessment system that has a 6-freedom double-eyes vision robot to catch vision information, and a group of wearable sensors to acquire biomechanical signals. A server computer is fixed on the robot, to provide services to the robot´s controller and all the sensors. The robot is connected to Internet by wireless channel, and so do the sensors to the robot. Rehabilitation professionals can semi-automatically practise an assessment program via Internet. The preliminary results show that the smart device, including the robot and the sensors, can improve the quality of remote assessment, and reduce the complexity of operation at a distance.
Keywords :
Internet; biomechanics; biomedical optical imaging; controllers; medical image processing; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; robot vision; sensors; telemedicine; 6-freedom double-eyes vision robot; Internet; biomechanical signals; controller; remote rehabilitation assessment system; smart device; vision information; wearable sensors; Biosensors; Intelligent sensors; Internet; Machine vision; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Wearable sensors; Web server; Client/Server; remote assessment; vision robot; wearable sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404324