Development of a physical therapy robot for rehabilitation databases

Abstract

With increasing demands for rehabilitation, the need for physical therapy robots is also increasing. This paper proposes the construction of a rehabilitation database inspired with medical cloud technologies. We discuss the possibility of establishing a new validation methodology by generating a database based on the data collected using rehabilitation equipment. In this research, data was obtained by rehabilitation equipment and statistical processing was applied to the data to investigate an example of a validation method. The experimental results suggest that improvement of tracking property of subjects is much larger than improvement of maneuverability.

Five Traits of Performance Enhancement Using Cloud Robotics: A Survey

“…One such example is Yokoo et. al.s work reported in 37 where physical therapy robots collect patient information and log it into a medical cloud. This information serves as a knowledge-base for robots and medical practitioners in learning and improving the medical processes.…”

Development of an upper limb rehabilitation robot with guidance control by pneumatic artificial muscles

“…However, because of their narrow control bandwidth, which is often limited by the actuator characteristics, they face difficulty in performing advanced tasks such as those associated with guidance. The authors have proposed a method to overcome the issue by setting up the mechanical stiffness ellipse of the robot arm with biarticular mechanism [10].…”

Evaluation Indices of Stiffness Control for Its Performance Comparison

“…The stiffness control in Ref. (12), which adjusts the mechanical stiffness, is introduced as a substitute.…”