Title :
Portable smart wrist rehabilitation device driven by rotational MR-fluid brake actuator for telemedecine applications
Author :
Avraam, M. ; Horodinca, M. ; Letier, P. ; Preumont, A.
Author_Institution :
Active Struct. Lab., Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
Abstract :
This paper reports on the current status of the effort conducted at ULB in order to develop a portable muscular rehabilitation device for telemedicine applications. It is divided into four parts. The first part recalls the basic modes of muscular rehabilitation and gives a brief overview of commercial rehabilitation machines as well as portable devices under development. The second part describes the design of the proposed device and justifies the selection of MR-fluid brake actuation. The third part is devoted to the description of the control strategies implemented on the device. Finally, the last part describes preliminary results obtained with the device for the various exercise modes.
Keywords :
intelligent actuators; medical robotics; portable instruments; magnetorheological fluid brake actuation; portable device; portable muscular rehabilitation device; portable smart wrist rehabilitation device; rehabilitation machine; rotational magnetorheological fluid brake actuator; telemedecine application; Fluids; Force; Joints; Performance evaluation; Position measurement; Torque; Torque measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2057-5
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2008.4650887