装着しやすい歩行支援ロボット“curara®”パンツタイプの構造試作

－衣服感覚のロボティックウェア－

抄録

In this research, we developed a flexible and easy to wear pants type robotic wear as a new version of non-exoskeleton type robotic wear curara®. Wearable robots are being developed to support independence of care receivers. One of the major problems of existing wearable robots is that it takes long time to wear. Therefore, we aimed to develop a robot wear that can be worn by a user in a short time with no assistance. We achieved this target by combining fiber material with motor power section. Performances of both the developed robotic wear and an existing robotic wear were compared. It was found that the developed robotic wear was able to shorten the wearing time by about 44% while satisfying power assistance and other requirements.