Development of composite type wearable hand assistive system with voluntary and autonomous drive

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24760195
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMOTO Hiroaki 筑波大学, サイバニクス研究センター, 助教 (00400713)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ウェアラブルロボット / 機能回復

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we developed a wearable hand training system for the patients with hand paralysis. The wearable hand has active joints which independently provide motion support at the proximal interphalangeal joint and the metacarpophalangeal joint, and was developed to be used in MRI environment to monitor the wearer’s brain activity. In verification tests, on a healthy volunteer we confirmed the accurate performance of the wearable hand training system in the MRI environment, and feasibility of the intervention for a person with hand paralysis.

Free Research Field

生体制御工学