Studies on simple and easy-to-use remote control system for robot assisted rehabilitation

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  • ロボット カイザイ リハビリテーションヨウ カンイ ソウサ タンマツ ノ ケンキュウ
  • ロボット介在リハビリテーション用簡易操作端末の研究

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Trial studies of the application of the robotic dog AIBO to rehabilitation are ongoing at geriatric hospitals and nursing homes. In this study, several remote control systems of AIBO have been developed for the purpose of bringing out the patient's positiveness in the robot assisted rehabilitation. Two kinds of system were developed. One is simple and easy-to-use control system that can be used by the therapist during rehabilitation treatment. The therapist can control AIBO while they care the patients. The other is the system that can be used by the patients themselves. In this case, steering method of AIBO should be much more simple and easy. As the interface device, we used the touch panel and the balance board which is sold as the interface device of TV action game. The patient pushes or strokes on the touch panel by the finger. The coordinates of the finger is sent to the control sever, then converted to be a control code and sent to AIBO through the wireless LAN. In the case of the balance board, the patient gets on the board and moves their center of gravity by swaying the body. Using four pressure sensors located at the corner of the board the center of gravity was calculated and used as control signal. The control server logs the real time coordinates and calculated results in the csv form that can be analyzed later. The developed system has some of the element of play or game and is easy to be a part of the daily recreation in the geriatric nursing home. Fun with steering the robot improves their positiveness in rehabilitation exercise.

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