Paper Info
Title
Development of A Meal Assistive Exoskeleton made of Soft Materials for polymyositis patients
Abstract
Main goal of this research is to design and fabricate an exoskeleton type assistive device for polymyositis patients, which is extremely compact, lightweight and also comfortable. In order to achieve this goal, the target motion of the device is focused on eating motion which is one of the most important task of daily life. Also, the exoskeleton is designed with soft materials such as fabric, rubber, wire and other compliant materials. The most rigid component used in the exoskeleton is a supporting part made of flexible board. By adopting these materials and concentrating on specific target motion, the number and size of the actuators can be reduced so that total complexity, weight and size of the device decrease. Also, the characteristics of soft material allows comfortable wearing sensation, low cost and good appearance. Therefore, the device becomes affordable and convenient. Polymyositis patients are chosen as the target user since the characteristics of their symptom can reduce complexity of the exoskeleton. Also a special controller is designed to utilize the available motion of the polymyositis patients. Some experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the exoskeleton.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/IROS.2014.6942612
IROS
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
biomechanics,medical control systems,diseases,exoskeleton type assistive design,lightweight exoskeleton,flexible board,eating motion,polymyositis patients,compliant materials,exoskeleton type assistive fabrication,comfortable exoskeleton,handicapped aids,compact exoskeleton,meal assistive exoskeleton,soft materials
Conference
2153-0858
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.47
7
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Inwook Koo140.88
Changho Yun230.47
Mateus V. O. Costa330.47
Joao V. F. Scognamiglio430.47
Teodoro A. Yangali530.47
Daegeun Park630.47
Kyu-Jin Cho732470.86