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Development of a hand robot that signs tactile Japanese finger alphabets for independent information access for the deafblind.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26350691
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research InstitutionNational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities

Principal Investigator

Mori Koichi  国立障害者リハビリテーションセンター(研究所), 研究所 感覚機能系障害研究部, 研究部長 (60157857)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 横井 浩史  電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (90271634)
Research Collaborator SEKI Tatsuya  
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords福祉・介護用ロボット / 盲ろう者 / 触指文字 / 自立支援 / 制御工学 / 情報獲得 / 意思伝達装置 / 触手話 / 福祉ロボット / 情報保障 / 安全性 / 福祉・介護ロボット / 盲ろう / 触手話・触指文字
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The deafblind persons who have suffered visual impairment after hearing impairment or both after adulthood experience relative difficulty in learning Braille, so that the means of information acquisition tend to be limited to tactile sign language or finger spelling and the like. However, since these means are dependent on human assistance including tactile sign language interpreters, it is difficult to acquire information independently, which is a major cause of deterioration of quality of life (QOL). The aim of this research was to enablethose deafblind people who cannot use Braille, independent information acquisition with a signing robot hand. A hand and arm robot that mimicked a human right hand and arm with multiple degrees-of-freedom was developed that can produce tactile finger letter signs sequentially as output from a text entered at the console or from a text file.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2017 2014

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Approximate Model for Interactive-Tendon Driven Mechanism of a Multiple-DoFs Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand2014

    • Author(s)
      Tatsuya Seki, Yinlai Jiang, and Hiroshi Yokoi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics

      Volume: ROBIO Pages: 999-1004

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ろうベースの盲ろう者の自立した情報獲得を目指した触指文字ロボットの開発 -人を模した五指多自由度ロボットハンド・アームの利用-2017

    • Author(s)
      關達也, 森浩一, 横井浩史
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 福祉情報工学研究会(WIT)
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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