DocumentCode :
651056
Title :
NREX: NRC Robotic Exoskeleton
Author :
Won-Kyung Song ; Won-Jin Song ; Ji-Young Jung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Rehabilitative & Assistive Technol., Nat. Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, South Korea
fYear :
2013
fDate :
Oct. 30 2013-Nov. 2 2013
Firstpage :
454
Lastpage :
456
Abstract :
This paper reports the development of a prototype of a novel exoskeleton robot, i.e., National Rehabilitation Center Robotic Exoskeleton, called NREX, which was designed to assist individuals who have sustained neurological impairments such as from stroke and spinal cord injuries. Among the activities of daily living, we focus on reaching and drinking tasks using an upper extremity. For practicality, we only adopt two motors for the wrist and elbow joints, while using passive devices for the other joints. In particular, the wrist motor can manually be adjusted along the internal/external rotation motion for the simple implementation of activities of daily living tasks.
Keywords :
injuries; manipulators; medical robotics; NRC robotic exoskeleton; NREX; National Rehabilitation Center robotic exoskeleton; daily living tasks; drinking tasks; elbow joints; external rotation motion; internal rotation motion; motors; neurological impairments; passive devices; reaching tasks; spinal cord injuries; stroke; wrist joints; wrist motor; Rehabilitation; Robotic Exoskeleton; Upper Extremity;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1195-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2013.6677309
Filename :
6677309
Link To Document :
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