2P2-B09 Music Oriented Work Therapy System that Encourage Self-Activity by Collaborating between Robot and People with Disabilities(Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics)

Abstract

In this paper we describe the rehabilitation system which used music for the people with disabilities. A patient can compose a piece of music by sorting the short-melody blocks in our system. The blocks are corresponding to a few pieces of the music and the good old music. Existing rehabilitation materials are almost simple and dull. But the patients feel a sense of accomplishment to use the materials in our system, because he/she can use the system like a game and a robot react to his/her operation. We are developing the system using the sound-cell in which Sano devised a combination rule of the music.