Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arms: Design and Development

Edwards, K.; Alqasemi, Redwan; Dubey, Rajiv

doi:10.1109/biorob.2006.1639157

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“…Using a robotic arm mounted onto a wheelchair has several advantages, including better quality of life, less caregiving stress, more independence and self-assurance, and higher engagement in everyday activities. All things considered, WMRAs are warmly embraced due to their capacity to significantly increase the user's workspace by fusing the wheelchair's mobility with the robotic arm's flexible manipulation capabilities [69]. Comparably high-priced, independent door-opening robots can significantly enhance the quality of life for anyone with mobility issues or upper body infirmities, particularly the elderly.…”

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Door-Opening Technologies: Search for Affordable Assistive Technology

Shaikh-Mohammed,

Alharbi,

Alqahtani

2023

Technologies

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To the authors’ knowledge, currently, there is no review covering the different technologies applied to opening manual doors. Therefore, this review presents a summary of the various technologies available on the market as well as those under research and development for opening manual doors. Four subtopics—doorknob accessories, wheelchair-mounted door-opening accessories, door-opening robots, and door-opening drones—were used to group the various technologies for manually opening doors. It is evident that opening doors is a difficult process, and there are different ways to solve this problem in terms of the technology used and the cost of the end product. The search for an affordable assistive technology for opening manual doors is ongoing. This work is an attempt to provide wheelchair users and their healthcare providers with a one-stop source for door-opening technologies. At least one of these door-opening solutions could prove beneficial to the elderly and some wheelchair users for increased independence. The ideal option would depend on an individual’s needs and capabilities, and occupational therapists could assess and recommend the right solutions.

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Door-Opening Technologies: Search for Affordable Assistive Technology

Shaikh-Mohammed,

Alharbi,

Alqahtani

2023

Technologies

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“…8 Three different mounting location manipulators: the desk-based "Wolfson" robot, the trolley-mounted "Wessex" robot, the wheelchair-mounted "Weston" robot, developed by Bath Institute of Medical Engineering; 9,10 and a 9 DOF WMRM with Cartesian control developed and optimized by the University of South Florida in fulfilling kinematic and dynamic requirements for ADL tasks like opening and holding a spring-loaded door. [11][12][13][14][15] Two commercialized assistive robotic manipulators (Manus ARM and JACO manipulator, shown in Fig. 1) are both WMRMs with more than six DOF and minimized fold-in position.…”

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Functional assessment and performance evaluation for assistive robotic manipulators: Literature review

Chung

Wang

Cooper³

2013

The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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Context:The user interface development of assistive robotic manipulators can be traced back to the 1960s. Studies include kinematic designs, cost-efficiency, user experience involvements, and performance evaluation. This paper is to review studies conducted with clinical trials using activities of daily living (ADLs) tasks to evaluate performance categorized using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) frameworks, in order to give the scope of current research and provide suggestions for future studies. Methods: We conducted a literature search of assistive robotic manipulators from 1970 to 2012 in PubMed, Google Scholar, and University of Pittsburgh Library System -PITTCat. Results: Twenty relevant studies were identified. Conclusion: Studies were separated into two broad categories: user task preferences and user-interface performance measurements of commercialized and developing assistive robotic manipulators. The outcome measures and ICF codes associated with the performance evaluations are reported. Suggestions for the future studies include (1) standardized ADL tasks for the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of task efficiency and performance to build comparable measures between research groups, (2) studies relevant to the tasks from user priority lists and ICF codes, and (3) appropriate clinical functional assessment tests with consideration of constraints in assistive robotic manipulator user interfaces. In addition, these outcome measures will help physicians and therapists build standardized tools while prescribing and assessing assistive robotic manipulators.

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