Robotics in rehabilitation

Author

Bolmsjö, Gunnar ; Neveryd, Håkan ; Eftring, Håkan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Production & Mater. Eng., Lund Univ., Sweden

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

83

Abstract

Robotics in rehabilitation provide considerable opportunities to improve the quality of life for physically disabled people. However, practical results are limited, mainly due to the need for developing new robotics concepts where people are working together with robots, as opposed to industrial robots where they are working in separated areas. The authors reveal some of the developments needed and present two projects currently underway at Lund University. The first one is concerned with end-effector design for a robotic workstation for office-based tasks, while the second is concerned with a mobile robotic system for use in medical and chemical laboratories by disabled people. Both projects show promising results. There is also a need for further research in developing new robotic systems for use in rehabilitation with new mechanical features, as well as programming and control suitable for any user

Keywords

handicapped aids; mobile robots; robots; workstations; Lund University projects; chemical laboratories; end-effector design; life quality improvement; mechanical features; medical laboratories; office-based tasks; physically disabled people; rehabilitation robotics; robotic workstation; Employment; Humans; Industrial control; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Payloads; Programming profession; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot programming; Service robots;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6528

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/86.372896

Filename

372896