The Weston wheelchair mounted assistive robot - the design story

Hillman, M.; Hagan, Karen; Hagan, Sean; Jepson, Jill; Orpwood, Roger

doi:10.1017/s0263574701003897

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“…Bath institute of medical engineering [15]. It was designed in order to maximize the manipulation span on the horizontal plane using a SCARA robot.…”

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“…The robot has five motors on its upper arm; a motor for vertical regulation and a motor for the gripper which is controlled by a joystick and a visual humanmachine interface. Due to its configuration, Weston has larger size than other wheelchair-mounted robots, but it has a larger workspace with capability of getting closer to tables and desks, thanks to its rear-side mounting position [15].…”

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Kinematic performance enhancement of wheelchair-mounted robotic arm by adding a linear drive

Borboni

Maddalena

Rastegarpanah

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)

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-Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arms have been used to help impaired people to reach objects and perform essential activities in an autonomous way. Different available models are presented in this paper and a simple design is proposed to improve the kinematic performances of the integrated system in order to allow the user to increase its capability of interaction with home environment. To this end, a linear drive has been added to the Raptor model in order to move along the wheelchair. The benefit of the proposed development has been proved with a kinematic performance assessment procedure, which has analyzed critical points in the 3D space, providing 26% increase in performance with respect to the existing solution.

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“…Bath institute of medical engineering [15]. It was designed in order to maximize the manipulation span on the horizontal plane using a SCARA robot.…”

Section: An Assistive Robot Called Weston Has Been Developed By the (mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: An Assistive Robot Called Weston Has Been Developed By the (mentioning

confidence: 99%

Kinematic performance enhancement of wheelchair-mounted robotic arm by adding a linear drive

Borboni

Maddalena

Rastegarpanah

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)

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“…This repulsive force is applied in par with the strain gauge inputs, and as a factor of the forward (x direction) input force. The new input force to the system in (3), F is given by the empirically determined equation seen in (5). The parameter P is derived from the closeness of the outrigger given by the DT value above.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many assistive robots have emerged in recent years such as smart wheelchairs [5], smart walkers [6], and telepresence robots [7]. These devices assist people in their daily living activities whether they are disabled or senior citizens, enhancing their quality of life.…”

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A Novel Collaboratively Designed Robot to Assist Carers

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Abstract. This paper presents a co-design process and an assisted navigation strategy that enables a novel assistive robot, Smart Hoist, to aid carers transferring non-ambulatory residents. Smart Hoist was codesigned with residents and carers at IRT Woonona residential care facility to ensure that the device can coexist in the facility, while providing assistance to carers with the primary aim of reducing lower back injuries, and improving the safety of carers and patients during transfers. The Smart Hoist is equipped with simple interfaces to capture user intention in order to provide assisted manoeuvring. Using the RGB-D sensor attached to the device, we propose a method of generating a repulsive force that can be combined with the motion controller's output to allow for intuitive manoeuvring of the Smart Hoist, while negotiating with the environment. Extensive user trials were conducted on the premises of IRT Woonona residential care facility and feedback from end users confirm its intended purpose of intuitive behaviour, improved performance and ease of use.

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“…The arm has been assembled in a number of different configurations, but mainly on a remote mobile base [3]. Another notable project is the research from Bath Institute of Medical Engineering with the introduction of the Wessex robot, mounted on an automated mobile base [18].…”

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ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

Carrera¹,

Moreno²,

Saltarén³

et al. 2011

Med Biol Eng Comput

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This study introduces the concept design and analysis of a robotic system for the assistance and rehabilitation of disabled people. Based on the statistical data of the most common types of disabilities in Spain and other industrialized countries, the different tasks that the device must be able to perform have been determined. In this study, different robots for rehabilitation and assistance previously introduced have been reviewed. This survey is focused on those robots that assist with gait, balance and standing up. The structure of the ROAD robot presents various advantages over these robots, we discuss some of them. The performance of the proposed architecture is analyzed when it performs the sit to stand activity.

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The Weston wheelchair mounted assistive robot - the design story

Cited by 63 publications

References 5 publications

Kinematic performance enhancement of wheelchair-mounted robotic arm by adding a linear drive

Kinematic performance enhancement of wheelchair-mounted robotic arm by adding a linear drive

A Novel Collaboratively Designed Robot to Assist Carers

ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

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