The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2013
Session ID : 1P1-R01
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1P1-R01 Development of weight compensation wheeled suit for radiation protection(Wearable Robotics)
Masahiro WATANABEShigeo HIROSE
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In this paper, we suggest a wearable robot "Wheeb-I", a new type of wheeled suit to compensate weight for radiation protection. To deal with weight of the radiation protective suit, powered exoskeletons have been developed. However many problems exist such as short operating time because of high energy consumption, unable to compensation weight in forward-bent posture and require a lot of time for wearing owing to attaching sensors. To overcome these problems, we propose a structure which has two active wheels and remove restriction of the body. It moves in high energy efficiency and can wear easily. We developed a prototype robot and made an experiment of walking and measurement of assisting force.
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© 2013 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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