Title
Standing assistance considering both load reducing and body stability adjustment
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a standing assistance scheme that uses a patient's own physical strength. In previous studies, conventional assistive robots did not require patients to use their own physical strength to stand, which leads to decreased strength in the elderly. Therefore, an assistive robot that allows patients to maximally use the physical strength they possess is desired. To realize this objective, we propose a standing assistance scheme that performs two functions, namely, motion assistance using a patient's own physical strength and posture adjustment. In general, human movements consist of voluntary movement, which mainly generates body motion, and posture adjustment, which keeps the body stable during motion. Our proposed scheme provides the minimum force that enables voluntary movement by patients with their remaining physical strength while keeping their body stable by performing posture adjustment. To perform these two functions simultaneously, we propose a body movement vector for dividing human motion into a voluntary movement and a posture adjustment action. A prototype assistive robot fabricated based on the proposed idea helped elderly patients stand using their remaining physical strength maximally by performing the two assistive functions simultaneously.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/ISIE.2016.7744908
2016 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)
Keywords
Field
DocType
standing assistance,voluntary movement,posture adjustment,robotic walker
Physical strength,Control theory,Adjustment Action,Simulation,Robot kinematics,Human motion,Engineering,Robot
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2163-5137
978-1-5090-0874-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daisuke Chugo15034.08
Satoshi Muramatsu21012.87
Sho Yokota33227.32
Hiroshi Hashimoto42927.81