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2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Multidisciplinary study of novel human-friendly compact actuators for home care systems

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 25242057
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Shuichi Ino  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 総括研究主幹 (70250511)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 榊 浩司  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (20392615)
近井 学  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 研究員 (60758431)
土井 幸輝  独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 研究企画部, 主任研究員 (10409667)
山下 和彦  大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 特任教授(常勤) (00370198)
和田 親宗  九州工業大学, 大学院生命体工学研究科, 教授 (50281837)
細野 美奈子  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 研究員 (70647974)
佐藤 満  昭和大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (10300047)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NAKAMURA Yumiko  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 副部門長 (50357670)
ASANO Kohta  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (30415640)
SHIMADA Shigenobu  地方独立行政法人東京都立産業技術研究センター, 開発本部, 主任研究員 (80377027)
Research Collaborator YOSHIMURA Shinichi  
OZAWA Emi  
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords人間生活環境 / 医療・福祉 / 防災 / 水素吸蔵合金 / アクチュエータ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the novel technological development of human-friendly compact actuators with several unique properties, including a high power-to-weight ratio, softness, noiselessness, and no requirement of an electric power supply, which strengthen the technologies for enhanced quality-of-life for home care support or disaster prevention of vulnerable elderly people or people with physical disabilities. Our integrated and multidisciplinary study of the human-friendly actuators was also conducted in parallel with the development of new functional materials, specifically, metal hydride materials, for use in a small pressure generator unit and its peripheral technology, and measurements of human movement and performance, which constitute the ergonomic analysis for human-centered design of home care equipment or portable rescue tools. Finally, we developed a prototype human-friendly compact soft actuator system by using the metal hydride materials.

Free Research Field

福祉工学

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Published: 2019-03-29  

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