Homeostatic enhancement technologies to increase affinity of wearable assistive gear
| Project/Area Number |
21686025
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥26,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥7,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,680,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥9,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,100,000)
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| Keywords | 人間機械システム / 支援機器 / 身体拡張 / 装着 / エアマット / 形状記憶合金 / アクティブ拘束 / 把持力 / 力精度 / 外骨格 / 人間支援機械 / リハビリテーション / 機械力学・制御 / 知能ロボティクス / 空気圧 / 装着技術 / 血流確保 / 湿度 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project developed wearable technologies to improve affinity of the assistive gear and device so that a user could continue to use the device for a long time. For example, an active air mattress installed in a forearm part of the support system actively holds a human forearm quickly and firmly, and then changes the contacting areas with a human skin in order to maintain adequate blood circulation around the contacting area. Exhaust air from air chambers is reused to ventilate around a forearm skin. Thesecond technology developed in this project is a new structure of the exoskeleton that evenly distributes the assistive force into a user and an environment so that a user could control total grasping force including the assistive force with the same precision as one human has.
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