Title :
Evaluation of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system with assist-as- needed and visual error augmentation training methods
Author :
Wang, Furui ; Sarkar, Nilanjan ; Barkana, Duygun Erol
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the evaluation of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system with assist-as-needed and visual error augmentation training methods. In this robot-assisted rehabilitation system, an assistive controller provides robotic assistance to the participant as and when needed. In addition, the position errors that are visually fed back to the participant are amplified to heighten the participant´s motivation to improve tracking accuracy. Experimental results on unimpaired participants are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the enhanced rehabilitation robotic system.
Keywords :
medical robotics; assist-as-needed; assistive controller; robot-assisted rehabilitation system; visual error augmentation training methods; Electromagnets; Error correction; Force sensors; Intelligent robots; Manipulators; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Torque; Tracking; USA Councils; assist-as-needed training method; assistive controller; movement tracking training; robot-assisted rehabilitation; visual error augmentation training method;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3803-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3804-4
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2009.5354615
