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Gait assist robot to stabilize walking by rhythmic input to upper limb motion

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K12950
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Miyake Yoshihiro  東京工業大学, 情報理工学院, 教授 (20219752)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小川 健一朗  東京工業大学, 情報理工学院, 助教 (90612656)
Research Collaborator Seki Masatoshi  菊池製作所, ものづくりメカトロ研究所
Orimo Satoshi  関東中央病院, 神経内科, 部長
Wada Yoshiaki  日産玉川病院, 副院長
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords歩行アシスト / 介助ロボット / 歩行リズム / 肢間協調
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Conventional gait assist robots directly drive power to the lower limbs (leg motions), so problems with unnatural walking and falling have been pointed out. Therefore, in this research, we studied a new mechanism to indirectly stabilize the lower limbs (walking) through the input to the upper limb (arm swing), and firstly developed a safe gait assist robot with a low risk of falling based on it. Our method uses systemic stabilization of gait through control of upper limbs in CPG-mediated rhythmic synchronization between upper and lower limbs.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来の歩行アシストロボットはアクチュエータで下肢運動を直接駆動する方法が採用されてきた。しかし、歩行時に下肢を直接駆動するため歩行が不自然かつ不安定になり、しかも、トラブル発生時には転倒を誘発するため安全面に大きい課題が残されていた。そこで本研究は上肢運動リズムに介入することで、下肢運動リズムが自発的に同調し、歩行の全身体的な安定化を実現する新しい歩行アシスト技術を開発した。このように四肢の神経結合を考慮した歩行アシスト技術は本研究が世界で初めてである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Gait-assist wearable robot using interactive rhythmic stimulation to upper limbs2019

    • Author(s)
      Yap, M.S.R., Ogawa, K., Nagashima, T., Hirobe, Y., Seki, M., Nakayama, M., Ichiryu, K., Miyake, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Robotics and AI

      Volume: 6 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.3389/frobt.2019.00025

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Self-organization of limb coordination and motion control in rhythmic walking assist2018

    • Author(s)
      長島輝匡, 廣部祐樹, 関雅俊, 中山正之, 三宅美博
    • Journal Title

      The Transactions of Human Interface Society

      Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 89-98

    • DOI

      10.11184/his.20.1_89

    • NAID

      130006401341

    • ISSN
      1344-7262, 2186-8271
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Effect of interpersonal interaction on festinating gait in rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease,2016

    • Author(s)
      Uchitomi, H., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, K., Nishi, T., Orimo, S., Wada, Y., Miyake, Y.,
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: vol.11, issue 6 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] A gait evaluation of patients with Parkinson’s disease with inertial measurement units2019

    • Author(s)
      Ono, Y., Ora, H., Hori, K., Hashiguchi, H., Mao Y., Sawada, H., Inaba, A., Orimo, S., Miyake, M.
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases (AD/PD2019)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] パーキンソン病診断サービスに向けた歩行時簡易身体バランス計測2019

    • Author(s)
      田中直登,緒方大樹, 毛 昱楓, 貴志孝之, 繁山稜, 大野優美, 織茂智之, 三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第7回サービス学会国内大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ウェアラブルロボットとの腕振りリズム同調を介したパーキンソン行患者の歩行支援2019

    • Author(s)
      繁山稜,緒方大樹, 貴志崇之, Mao Yufeng, 田中直登 ,関雅俊, 中山正之, 織茂智之, 三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第7回サービス学会国内大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 上肢リズムアシストロボットによるパーキンソン病患者の歩行改善2019

    • Author(s)
      貴志崇之, 緒方大樹, 繁山稜, 田中直登, 毛昱楓, 中山正之, 関雅俊, 織茂智之, 三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第31回自律分散システム・シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Initial foot contact and final foot contact event detection from inertial measurement units mounted to the ankle2019

    • Author(s)
      毛昱楓, 緒方大樹, 大良宏樹, 田中直登, 大野優美, 三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第31回自律分散システム・シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Interpersonal synchrony of body movement and application to interactive robotics2018

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, Y.
    • Organizer
      Essen University-Tokyo Inst. Tech. Joint Workshop on Gait Rehabilitation Robot
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 歩行軌道のパターン認識に基づくパーキンソン病の早期診断支援2018

    • Author(s)
      堀宏有,織茂智之,沢田裕之,稲葉彰,三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第30回自律分散システム・シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「間(ま)」を合わせる歩行支援ロボット「WALK-MATE」2018

    • Author(s)
      三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第22回高度技術・技能展:おおた工業フェア
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] リズム歩行アシストにおける四肢の協調関係の自己組織化と運動制御,2017

    • Author(s)
      長島輝匡, 廣部祐樹, 関 雅俊, 中山正之, 三宅美博,
    • Organizer
      第29回自律分散システム・シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      調布クレストンホテル
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Gait evaluation of normal pressure hydrocephalus using inertial sensor2017

    • Author(s)
      Ono, Y., Ora, H., Kiko, Y., Hori, K., Hirobe, Y., Miyagi, A., Mitou, T., Higuma, M., Wada, Y., Miyake, Y.
    • Organizer
      Proc. of the XXIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Early detection of Parkinson’s disease based on gait trajectory analysis using wearable sensors2017

    • Author(s)
      Hori, K., Hirobe, Y., Orimo, S., Sawada, H., Inaba, A., Miyake.Y.
    • Organizer
      Proc. of the XXIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 慣性センサーを用いた正常圧水頭症(NPH)の歩行評価2017

    • Author(s)
      大野優美, 喜古 勇, 堀 宏有, 廣部祐樹, 宮城 敦, 御任明利, 日熊麻耶, 大良宏樹, 和田義明, 三宅美博
    • Organizer
      ヒューマンインタフェースシンポジウム2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 人とロボットの共創インタフェースとしての歩行支援システム2017

    • Author(s)
      三宅美博
    • Organizer
      第37回蔵前科学技術セミナー
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rhythmic gait assist robot WALK-MATE and its application to Parkinson’s Disease,2017

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, Y.
    • Organizer
      2nd NRW-Fukushima Joint Symposium on Advances in Medicine
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Diagnosis support system of Parkinson's disease based on gait trajectory,2016

    • Author(s)
      Hori, K., Hirobe, Y., Orimo, S., Sawada, H., Inaba, A., Miyake, Y.,
    • Organizer
      Proc. of the 16th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      国立シンガポール大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 上肢リズムアシストによる上下肢位相差と歩行周期の変化2016

    • Author(s)
      長島輝匡, 廣部祐樹, 関 雅俊, 中山正之, 三宅美博,
    • Organizer
      ヒューマンインタフェースシンポジウム2016
    • Place of Presentation
      東京農工大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development and evaluation of a gait-assist wearable robot using interactive motor rhythmic stimulation to upper and lower limbs,2016

    • Author(s)
      Yap, M.S.R., Matsui, H., Nagashima, T., Ogawa, K., Seki, M., Nakayama, M., Ichiryu, Ken., Miyake, Y.,
    • Organizer
      Proc. of the 10th ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering (CME2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      獨協医科大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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