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In Japan, independent living and freedom of movement are expected, even by aged persons, and the importance of preventive medicine and walking as part of overall efforts to maintain health are continuously promoted. To those ends, we have been developing a new mobility device, known as Tread-Walk (TW), which incorporates the following concepts: ldquoimproved mobility,rdquo ldquohealth maintenance,rdquo...
The development of assistive technologies, especially mobility devices, has an important impact on the daily activities and social participation of elderly people. The authors have developed a new mobility aid, ldquoTread-Walkrdquo, which extends mobility activities, maintains body function and maintains natural walking appearance. In the current research, we designed and developed a more natural...
In Japan, slopes hinder some older persons from moving around freely, particularly in rural areas. Even persons who are able to walk on flat ground might lose their breath or fall when moving up or down a slope. The present authors have developed a new mobility aid, called "Tread-Walk," that makes use of human gait movement for traveling over flat ground. In this paper, the Tread-Walk system...
We have been developing a mobility assistive robot with the following concepts [1]: "improved mobility," "health maintenance" and "natural walking appearance." The robot consists of three controls: the free treadmill speed control which allows the user to walk on the treadmill at the desired speed, the driving control which controls the actuators, and the steering control...
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