外套手套外:用于指反对的混合硬软可穿戴机器人,具有低功率肌驱动系统
Byungchul Kim1,2, Hyungmin Choi1, Kyubum Kim1
1Biorobotics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering/Soft Robotics Research Center (SRRC)/Institute of Advanced Machines and Design (IAMD)/Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Soft robotics
|August 13, 2024
概括
本研究介绍了Exo-Glove Shell,这是一款可以在手上穿戴的机器人,可以平衡可用性和功能. 它有效地协助脊髓损伤患者的关键手动,显著改善握力稳定性.
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:
- 设计手工可穿戴机器人是平衡可用性和功能方面的挑战,原因是组件复杂性和合规性权衡.
- 软机器人为可用性提供紧性,但对于精确的力传输需要刚性部件,从而造成了设计困境.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种肌驱动的,混合型可穿戴机器人,即外套手套外套,可提高手动辅助的可用性和功能.
- 为了应对整合足够的执行器和传感器的挑战,同时保持机器人合规性和有效的力传输.
主要方法:
- 外套手套外套的设计是使用四个驱动器的低启动机制来帮助三个原始的手动.
- 采用混合设计,将柔软的机器人机身与刚性肌路由器模块相结合,以改善适应性和精确的力传输.
主要成果:
- 埃克索手套外成功地协助指对立和食指/中指的曲/延伸在脊髓损伤的用户中.
- 用户测试表明,在各种姿势中提供了足够和可靠的辅助,与无助个人相比,掌握稳定性指数增加了4.75倍.
结论:
- 肌驱动的混合型EXO-Glove Shell有效地平衡了手持式机器人的可用性和功能.
- 该机器人通过改善手部功能和稳定性,显示出在脊髓损伤患者康复方面的巨大潜力.
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