Development of Low-cost Wearable Pneumatic Control Device and Improvement of Its Control Performance

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24560315
• 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: Okayama University of Science
• Principal Investigator: AKAGI Tetsuya 岡山理科大学, 工学部, 教授 (50311072)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DOHTA Shujiro 岡山理科大学, 工学部, 教授 (10090218)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KUNO Hiroaki 岡山理科大学, 工学部, 准教授 (40344618)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ソフトメカニズム / ウェアラブルシステム / メカトロニクス / 空気圧制御機器 / ソフトアクチュエータ / 組込み技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a low-cost wearable control device, the portable rehabilitation device for upper limb and the bilateral rehabilitation device for wrist were proposed and tested. The low-cost servo valve using buckled tubes and the quasi-servo valve using on/off valves were also proposed and tested. As a result, using these devices and low-cost embedded controller, low-cost wearable control system could be realized.

Free Research Field

機械制御・メカトロニクス