| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We conducted research on robot-assisted neuro-rehabilitation with Dr. Hermano Igo Krebs and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. Three types of tests, Discrete Movement, Rhythmic Movement, and Target Transition, were conducted to clarify the mechanism of human force generation. The results suggest that "the differential value of the force that humans can generate is sufficiently large, and that the response speed is due to visual information," "humans anticipate slight future movements and try to improve their movements," and "the law of superposition holds for the differential value of force. In addition, we succeeded in developing a new proximity sensor that can simultaneously measure distance, angle, and force. The research results were published in an international journal with Impact Factor 8.236 and received an award from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.
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