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Based on a pneumatic artificial rubber muscle (PARM) to restrict trunk-twisting range of motion (ROM), an intelligent trunk corset was developed to support the rollover movement of cancer bone metastasis patients. The specifications of the intelligent corset were determined so that it could perform in the same way as a traditional hard corset. Furthermore, based on the permitted trunk twist angle...
Many motion support robots of the elderly and disable were studies all over the world. We have developed the rollover support system, which is one of the ADL. Our ultimate goal is to develop an effective rollover support system for patients with cancer bone metastasis. The core of this system is a pneumatic rubber muscle that is operated by EMG signals from the trunk muscle. A Time Delay Neural Network...
Tremor is the most common of all involuntary movement. A lot of tremor patients in upper limb have serious difficulties performing daily living activities. We have developed the exoskeleton robot for tremor patient. In this paper, we focused on to develop a signal processing method to extract the voluntary movement from the electromyogram (EMG) signal in which the voluntary movement and tremor were...
A mechanism using a pneumatic artificial rubber muscle (PARM) to restrict trunk twisting range of motion was proposed and an intelligent corset was developed to support the rollover movement of cancer bone metastasis patients. In this research, the specifications of the intelligent corset were deteminated so that it could perform in the same way as a traditional hard corset. Furthermore, based on...
Currently, over seven million people die of cancer each year; some of whom suffer from pain caused by bone metastasis. In their final stages of life, the pain is such that they cannot even roll over, one of the activities of daily life. With this in mind, in this research, we aim to develop equipment for patients with cancer bone metastasis to support roll-overs in terminal care. Specifically, the...
There have been some studies of exoskeletal robots to support upper limb motion (especially for the physically weak). However, most robots don't completely support internal/external rotation, one of 3 DOF in the shoulder joint. This is because the internal/external rotation is performed by the activities of the rotator cuff, which consists of deep layer muscles. In other words, it is difficult to...
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