Title :
“Skil Mate” wearable exoskeleton robot
Author :
Umetani, Yoji ; Yamada, Yoji ; Morizono, Tetsuya ; Yoshida, Tetsuji ; Aoki, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
A wearable exoskeleton robot, Skil Mate, is a new concept that can assist skilled workers in power as well as in skill. Skil Mate is composed of servo mechanisms and haptic devices (tactile or slipping-off sensors/displays), so that it can follow the workers´ movement. Skil Mate is suitable for work in hazardous environments such as in space, under sea, etc. The goal of the project is to develop a prototype model of the wearable robot for a spacesuit, which consists of an upper torso assembly and a pair of arms with gloves
Keywords :
aerospace control; aerospace robotics; haptic interfaces; manipulators; servomechanisms; Skil Mate; aerospace robot; haptic devices; hazardous environments; prototype model; servo mechanisms; slipping-off sensors; spacesuit; tactile sensors; upper torso assembly; wearable exoskeleton robot; Displays; Exoskeletons; Haptic interfaces; Orbital robotics; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Servomechanisms; Tactile sensors; Wearable sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.812544
