一个六度自由度的电缆驱动机器人平台,用于头运动
1Robotics Center and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Scientific reports
|April 16, 2024
概括
这种新的机器人系统为康复提供六度自由度的头运动. 它协助或抵制头部运动,显示了个性化运动训练和神经系统疾病的疼痛缓解的潜力.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 康复工程 康复工程
背景情况:
- 像ALS和脑等神经系统疾病会损害头姿势控制.
- 现有的静态项圈和刚性外骨限制了自然的头运动.
- 需要先进的设备来支持头部运动和康复.
研究的目的:
- 介绍一个新的电缆驱动的机器人平台,用于六度自由度 (DoF) 的头运动.
- 验证机电设计,控制和潜在的康复应用.
- 调查机器人在辅助和阻力任务期间对部肌肉激活的影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种电缆驱动的机器人,使其能够不受限制地进行6DoF的头运动.
- 实施机械电子设计,验证和控制策略.
- 进行了一项人类实验,以达到目标的任务,应用辅助和阻力时刻.
主要成果:
- 机器人提供广泛的,6DoF控制,而不限制自然的头运动.
- 部肌肉激活在抵抗下增加了19%,在辅助下减少了28-43%.
- 证明了个性化康复和运动训练的潜在用例.
结论:
- 这种电缆驱动的机器人为头部康复和运动训练提供了一个多功能平台.
- 结果支持进一步研究使用这个机器人系统的个性化康复策略.
- 该平台在感官整合研究和通过控制力应用缓解疼痛方面具有潜在的应用.
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