Abstract
Walking support systems have been developed for supporting the motion of the elderly and physically disabled. In this research, we propose a walking support system based on the cooperation between wearable-type and cane-type walking support systems for supporting hemiplegic patients with disabilities. The system is controlled based on the intended motion of the user, their state and environmental information. In this system, we aim to realize several functions for supporting the daily life of the user by cooperatively controlling each walking support systems including walking support, sit-to-stand assistance, navigation, fall prevention and so on. As the first step to build this system, we focus on the walking support in this paper. For realizing the walking support, we propose a wearable-type walking support system that assists leg motion during the swing phase based on the motion of a cane-type walking support system moved by the user.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1337-1349 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Advanced Robotics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Dec 1 |
Keywords
- Cooperaive walking support system
- Motion support for hemiplegic patients
- Swing phase support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Science Applications