Paper Info
Title
Development of Upper-Limb Power Assist Machine Using Linkage Mechanism - Drive Mechanism and its Applications -.
Abstract
This paper proposes an upper-limb power assist machine driven by a single actuator to reduce the weight and cost. This assist machine is used to support the shoulder and elbow movements for viticulture operations, and upper-limb holding for load transport tasks. This assist machine consists of an arm part and a mounting part. The arm part is composed of a parallel link mechanism, which is driven by an actuator and a trapezoidal feed screw. To realize a natural upper-limb motion, the length of the arm part was designed based on the human upper-limb motion. The assist machine is controlled based on the user's intention by applying bend sensors attached to the input device. By measuring the electromyography signal of five muscles, the effectiveness of the proposed upper-limb power assist machine was verified experimentally.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.20965/jrm.2018.p0214
JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
upper-limb power assist machine,linkage mechanism,lift motion,muscle activity
Muscle activity,Upper limb,Computer science,Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30
SP2
0915-3942
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hiroyuki Inoue12110.67
Toshiro Noritsugu29229.49