Rehabilitation robotics: the MANUS concept

Rosier, Johanna; Woerden, J.A. van; Kolk, L.W. van der; Driessen, Bart; Kwee, H.H.; Duimel, J.J.; Smits, Jonas; Moed, A.A. Tuinhof de; Honderd, G.; Bruyn, P.M.

doi:10.1109/icar.1991.240560

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“…The operator is placed in a suitable position near the worktable and operates the robot that performs unaided pick-and-place ADL tasks [52]. Wheelchair-mounted robots [53], [54] can be used both for indoor and outdoor assistance for the user. The attachment of a robot to the wheelchair significantly increases the movement independence of the user because one can move freely to different home positions and can perform manipulative tasks in each position with the help of the rehabilitation robot.…”

Section: ) Electromechanical Devices For Movement Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

The smart house for older persons and persons with physical disabilities: structure, technology arrangements, and perspectives

Stefanov

Bien

Bang

2004

IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng.

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Abstract-Smart houses are considered a good alternative for the independent life of older persons and persons with disabilities. Numerous intelligent devices, embedded into the home environment, can provide the resident with both movement assistance and 24-h health monitoring. Modern home-installed systems tend to be not only physically versatile in functionality but also emotionally human-friendly, i.e., they may be able to perform their functions without disturbing the user and without causing him/her any pain, inconvenience, or movement restriction, instead possibly providing him/her with comfort and pleasure. Through an extensive survey, this paper analyzes the building blocks of smart houses, with particular attention paid to the health monitoring subsystem as an important component, by addressing the basic requirements of various sensors implemented from both research and clinical perspectives. The paper will then discuss some important issues of the future development of an intelligent residential space with a human-friendly health monitoring functional system. Index Terms-Health monitoring, intelligent house, smart house, wearable sensor.

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Section: ) Electromechanical Devices For Movement Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

The smart house for older persons and persons with physical disabilities: structure, technology arrangements, and perspectives

Stefanov

Bien

Bang

2004

IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng.

307

120

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“…The ARM has 6 degrees of freedom (DoFs) plus a simple two-fingered gripper for general manipulation. An advantage of the ARM is its compatibility to wheelchairs and other mobile bases, which makes it a good tool to provide mobile manipulation assistance [14]. The ARM has also been attached to a small mobile robot to follow the wheelchair user around and provide manipulation assistance [15].…”

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Enhanced bimanual manipulation assistance with the Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA)

Grindle

Salatin

et al. 2010

2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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In this paper, we investigate the enhanced ability of manipulation with the newly developed Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA). PerMMA is a new assistive device that integrates bimanual manipulation with smart mobility to assist people with severe physical disabilities and enhance their quality of lives. Different from the fixed mounting method used in most existing systems, a novel mounting system was designed on PerMMA to enhance its capability of manipulation assistance. With a workspace characterized by essential daily living tasks, we evaluated PerMMA's performance of manipulation using a comparative study between PerMMA and classic design, such as single arm and fixed mounting, used in most existing systems. Simulation results demonstrate significant improvements with PerMMA in both of its reachability and manipulability.

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“…x = fl(sl, s2) (1) y = f2(sl,s2) (2) First, we determine in which of the triangles the sensor output point in the sensor plane is located (Fig. 7).…”

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Wearable master device for spinal injured persons as a control device for motorized wheelchairs

Lee

Kwon

2000

Artif Life Robotics

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This paper describes a wearable master device for people with a spinal injury who can move their neck and shoulders but cannot move their legs and arms. A device that measures the movements of their neck or shoulder can help them to drive a wheelchair. The sensors of such a wearable master device must be lightweight, small, and easily attached to cloth. Therefore, optical fiber curvature sensors are used to measure the human body motion. For a previously developed wearable master device, two calibration and mapping methods with, the sensors are proposed to extract 2-DOF human shoulder motions. One is constructed with simple geometric equations. The other is constructed with a multilayered artificial neural network. The two methods are compared, Experimental results show that the wearable master device can be used effectively for a 2-DOF input device for handicapped persons. It was also shown that a subject can control a mobile robot with the wearable master device.

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Rehabilitation robotics: the MANUS concept

Cited by 21 publications

References 1 publication

The smart house for older persons and persons with physical disabilities: structure, technology arrangements, and perspectives

The smart house for older persons and persons with physical disabilities: structure, technology arrangements, and perspectives

Enhanced bimanual manipulation assistance with the Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA)

Wearable master device for spinal injured persons as a control device for motorized wheelchairs

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