Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
In the aging society of the future, as being the lower limbs disorders and decreased in physical strength, the number of those who need the device and the system that assists walking is expected to increase. More and more robot technology is applied to the nursing and social welfare. As for the electric wheelchair used now, the point that should be improved on correspondence to the serious illness object person (Hands and feet are handicapped) and the safety has been left. In the purpose of this research, the omni-wheel mobile walking assistance robot and the its interface controlling the motion patterns are to be developed. This paper describes the outline of walking assistance robot and analysis results of the motion sensing patterns.