抄録
A wearable robot to send independently a daily life is expected in order to reduce a physical burden of a care worker. Previous wearable devices have been constructed with a high stiffness material such as metal. In this study, an upper limb power assist wear consisted with light and flexible materials such as a rubber balloon is developed. This device supports a elbow and shoulder motion. Because this power assist wear is made of flexible material such as cloth and rubber, it is possible to wear it with the sense like clothes. Therefore, the load of this device to the user is a little. And the meal motion was supported with this power assist wear supporting the elbow and shoulder movement. In this paper, the structures of each actuator and the device are described, and then the effectiveness of this device is discussed experimentally.
