Development of a robot suit with mechanical safety devices (For realization of safe robot suits)

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K05910
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: Kai Yoshihiro 東海大学, 工学部, 教授 (00320119)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOGANEZAWA Koichi 東海大学, 工学部, 教授 (10178246)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-10-21 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ロボット / 機構設計 / 安全装置

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Safety is one of the most important issues in robot suits. In this study, in order to improve the robot suits’ safety, we propose and develop a robot suit with mechanical safety devices (velocity-based safety devices and torque limiters). The mechanical safety devices work even when the computer breaks down because they consist of only passive mechanical components without actuators, controllers, or batteries. Furthermore, we verify the effectiveness of the mechanical safety devices in the developed robot suit by experiments.

Free Research Field

ロボット工学