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Up to now, many robotic aids for the elderly's walking support or the disabled's walking rehabilitation are reported, and numerous electrical-powered wheelchairs are developed. In this paper, a new kind of omnidirectional wheelchair typed robot is developed. The robot not only can accomplish the walking support or walking rehabilitation as the elderly or the disabled walk, but also can realize the...
In this paper, a new type of omnidirectional mobile robot is developed, that not only can be used for the elderly's walking support, the disabled's walking rehabilitation, but also can be used for a caregiver's power assistance when he/she pushes the robot to move while the elderly or the disabled is sitting in the seat. The omnidirectional mobility of the robot is analyzed, and an admittance based...
In this paper, we proposed a new concept for omnidirectional mobile robot that not only can fulfill the walking support or walking rehabilitation for the elderly or the disabled, but also can realize power assistance for the caregiver when he/she holds the robot handle to move the robot while the elderly or the disabled is sitting in the seat. We postulated four necessary functions the robot should...
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