Date: 2006.3.7 (Tue) 14:00-14:30
Speaker: Keiko Homma
Author: Keiko Homma
Title: Motion Assist Devices for Rehabilitation using Parallel Wire Mechanisms
Keywords: rehabilitation robot, motion assist device, parallel wire mechanism
Type: Organized Session

Affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Position: Senior research scientist
Collaborator: Professor Mariko Usuba (Tsukuba University of Technology)
Disciplines: robotics/mechatronics, rehabilitation engineering, ergonomics
Societies and Conferences: The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), The Society of Life Support Technology, The Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE), Society of Biomechanisms Japan (SOBIM)

Bibliography: Keiko Homma, "Motion Assist Devices for Rehabilitationusing Parallel Wire Mechanisms", Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 T. Arai et al. (Eds.) IOS Press, pp.981--990, 2006.

Abstract:
In Japan, robotic systems for rehabilitation or assistance of the elderly and the disabled people are actively studied recently. In developing rehabilitation/assistive robots, safety is one of the most important issues, since the robots work very closely to the users or worn by the users. Parallel wire mechanisms have prospects of giving solutions to safety issues on rehabilitation robots. In this paper, the author takes a look back on her studies on motion assist devices using parallel wire mechanisms and discusses advantages and disadvantages of the motion assist devices using parallel wire mechanisms.

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