What is Rehabilitation Robotics?

Rehabilitation robots are an important branch of medical robots. Its research has penetrated many fields such as rehabilitation medicine, biomechanics, mechanics, mechanical mechanics, electronics, materials science, computer science, and robotics, and has become an international robotics field. Research hotspots. At present, rehabilitation robots have been widely used in rehabilitation nursing, prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation treatment, which not only promoted the development of rehabilitation medicine, but also promoted the development of new technologies and new theories in related fields.

Rehabilitation robot

Rehabilitation robots are an important branch of medical robots. Its research has penetrated many fields such as rehabilitation medicine, biomechanics, mechanics, mechanical mechanics, electronics, materials science, computer science, and robotics, and has become an international robotics field. Research hotspots. At present, rehabilitation robots have been widely used in rehabilitation care, prosthetics and rehabilitation treatments, which not only promoted

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Rehabilitation robot is currently the most successful low-cost rehabilitation robot system in the world, and now more than 100 people with severe disabilities often use it. Such robots are used in many developed countries.

The robots currently in production can complete 3 functions, which are respectively realized by 3 removable slide trays. They are eating / drinking trays, face washing / shaving / brushing trays, and makeup trays. They can be based on different requirements of users. provide. Because different users have different requirements, they may require the addition or removal of a certain type of tray to accommodate their physical disability, so it is important to flexibly produce replaceable trays.

With more parts, it is very complicated. To this end, a new controller has been developed for this robot, which is based on PC104 technology. In order to facilitate future improvements, a novel input / output board is designed, which can be inserted into the PC104 controller. It has the following capabilities: voice recognition, speech synthesis, sensor input, joystick control, and stepper motor input.

The interchangeable modular tray-mounted trolley is internally connected to the base of the robot through a 16-pin socket. The system currently recognizes fifteen different pallets. Through the feedback from the potentiometer in the robot joint, it can be compared automatically after startup. It also comes with simple error checking procedures.

With the ability to talk, it can provide useful information to nursing staff and users during the operation. The information provided can be simple operation instructions and useful instructions, and can be spoken in any European language. This device can greatly improve the ability of user convenience and help break through language barriers.

Taking food as an example, the working process is as follows: a light scanning system is installed in the tray part, which enables the user to select food from any part of the plate. In short, once the system is powered up, things in the plate are divided into several cells, and a total of 7 beams of light are scanned from left to right behind the plate. The user only needs to wait for the light to be behind the grid of the food he wants to eat, and then press a single switch to activate it. The robot advances to the selected part of the dinner plate and holds a spoonful of food to the user's mouth. Users can pick up food at the rate they want, and this process can be repeated until the plate is empty. The computer on the robot keeps track of where food is selected on the plate and automatically controls the scanning system to pass through empty places. With the eighth beam of light on the tray, users can get drinks anywhere while eating.

Simplicity and versatility increase its appeal to all groups of people with disabilities and carers. The system provides greater autonomy for people with special needs, allowing them to increase their chances of dissolving into a "normal" environment.