Integrated Rehabilitation System for Restoration of Motor Function

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24300206
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Nagai Kiyoshi 立命館大学, 理工学部, 教授 (40198289)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITO Koji 立命館大学, 理工学部, 教授 (30023310) ; HAYASHI Yoshikatsu 立命館大学, 理工学部ロボティクス学科, 助教 (00611641) ; DOBASHI Hiroki 立命館大学, 理工学部ロボティクス学科, 助教 (50634490)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 医用ロボット / リハビリロボット / 運動機能再建

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research is to develop an efficient robotic system for stroke rehabilitation, in which a robotic arm moves the hemiplegic upper limb when the patient tries to move it. In order to achieve this goal we have considered a method to detect the motion intention of the patient using EEG (Electroencephalogram), and have designed a rehabilitation robot based on a Redundant Drive Method. In this report, an EEG driven rehabilitation robot system and its initial results evaluating the feasibility of the proposed system are explained.

Free Research Field

ロボット工学