design and control of system for elbow rehabilitation preliminary findings

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Space Applications of Automation, Robotics and Machine Intelligence Systems (ARAMIS), phase 2. Volume 1: Telepresence technology base development

The field of telepresence is defined, and overviews of those capabilities that are now available, and those that will be required to support a NASA telepresence effort are provided. Investigation of NASA's plans and goals with regard to telepresence, extensive literature search for materials relating to relevant technologies, a description of these technologies and their state of the art, and projections for advances in these technologies over the next decade are included. Several space projects are examined in detail to determine what capabilities are required of a telepresence system in order to accomplish various tasks, such as servicing and assembly. The key operational and technological areas are identified, conclusions and recommendations are made for further research, and an example developmental program is presented, leading to an operational telepresence servicer

装着可能な腕外骨格パワーアシストスーツの開発

As the focal point of this paper, we introduce the development of a light and wearable exoskeleton controlled by force signals for upper extremity augmentations to support the elbow and shoulder joints. In order to avoid hindering the wearer and completely achieve all intended upper limb movements when wearing the exoskeleton, the flexion and extension movements of the elbow and shoulder joints are actively powered to support the wearer while the other two degrees of freedom (DoFs) of the shoulder joints are freely passive. We further demonstrate the experimental results to validate the degrees of freedom of the exoskeleton and verify its power assistance using surface myoelectric potential