Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
In recent years, the number of elderly people living alone has a tendency to increase due to the advancement of an aging society. Therefore, monitoring and support systems are necessary. In this paper, we developed the therapy robot having monitoring and support function under the consideration to make it not to be a surveillance system. And we evaluated whether it is a suitable size and weight for elderly people. As a result, the answer that size and weight are just right accounted for the majority.
