Design and Experimental Research on Intelligent Household Assistive Robot for the Elderly

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
Xin Song ◽  
Yancong Li ◽  
Huiyong Shan ◽  
Junwang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Assistive Robot

scholarly journals Towards the development of a soft manipulator as an assistive robot for personal care of elderly people

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 172988141668713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Ansari ◽  
Mariangela Manti ◽  
Egidio Falotico ◽  
Yoan Mollard ◽  
Matteo Cianchetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Assistive Robot ◽  
Control Concept ◽  
Care Of Elderly ◽  
Hybrid Actuation ◽  
Soft Manipulator ◽  
And Control

Manipulators based on soft robotic technologies exhibit compliance and dexterity which ensures safe human–robot interaction. This article is a novel attempt at exploiting these desirable properties to develop a manipulator for an assistive application, in particular, a shower arm to assist the elderly in the bathing task. The overall vision for the soft manipulator is to concatenate three modules in a serial manner such that (i) the proximal segment is made up of cable-based actuation to compensate for gravitational effects and (ii) the central and distal segments are made up of hybrid actuation to autonomously reach delicate body parts to perform the main tasks related to bathing. The role of the latter modules is crucial to the application of the system in the bathing task; however, it is a nontrivial challenge to develop a robust and controllable hybrid actuated system with advanced manipulation capabilities and hence, the focus of this article. We first introduce our design and experimentally characterize its functionalities, which include elongation, shortening, omnidirectional bending. Next, we propose a control concept capable of solving the inverse kinetics problem using multiagent reinforcement learning to exploit these functionalities despite high dimensionality and redundancy. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the design and control of this module by demonstrating an open-loop task space control where it successfully moves through an asymmetric 3-D trajectory sampled at 12 points with an average reaching accuracy of 0.79 cm ± 0.18 cm. Our quantitative experimental results present a promising step toward the development of the soft manipulator eventually contributing to the advancement of soft robotics.

scholarly journals Assistive Robot to Aid with Catheter Insertion

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Martin-Wegryn ◽  
Devin R. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Catheter ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Catheter Insertion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Hand Tremor ◽  
Assistive Robot ◽  
Tremor Suppression ◽  
Suppression Technique ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
Assistive Robotic

There is an overlap between those who need to insert a urinary catheter and those who have tremors, such as the elderly or those who have multiple sclerosis. Currently, there are no proposed solutions to aid those with hand tremors insert a catheter comfortably. The shaking motion of a tremor can make catheter insertion painful because the patient will have difficulty inserting the catheter into the small opening of the urethra. If the shaking motion of the tremor was reduced or suppressed, the catheter would enter the body more smoothly and in turn make the cathing process easier and more comfortable. In addition, an automated device would help the patient insert the catheter more steadily into the body. This paper discusses a preliminary idea for an assistive robotic device that would aid with catheter insertion for hand tremor patients. A demonstration was constructed to show how the device is intended to work, and an in depth overview was completed to select the best tremor suppression technique. Finally, further work is discussed on how to move the design forward and prepare the device for testing.

scholarly journals “What Doraemon, the Earless Blue Robot Cat from the 22nd Century, Can Teach Us About How Japan’s Elderly and Their Human Caregivers Might Live with Emotional Care Robots.”

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Robert C. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Care Robots ◽  
22Nd Century ◽  
Assistive Robot ◽  
Plausible Model ◽  
Care Relationships ◽  
Socially Assistive Robot

While immense literatures examine aging and robots in Japan separately, reality has not yet reached the point where robotic care for the elderly can be examined comprehensively.  Disciplining imagination with method, structural analysis of the popular Japanese children’s animation series Doraemon, in which a slightly defective blue robot cat sent from the 22nd century becomes the helper and companion to a similarly slightly defective ten-year-old boy, lets us peer into one possible future of this nexus. If Japan’s robotics engineers would consider Doraemon as a plausible model for a socially assistive robot (SAR), their result might replace today’s fraught, infantilizing relationships with youthful, elder-focused care relationships.

scholarly journals Effects of the Application of a Program of Adapted Utilitarian Judo (JUA) on the Fear of Falling Syndrome (FOF) for the Health Sustainability of the Elderly Population

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Toronjo-Hornillo ◽  
Carolina Castañeda-Vázquez ◽  
María Campos-Mesa ◽  
Gloria González-Campos ◽  
Juan Corral-Pernía ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Functional Assessment ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
History Of ◽  
Experimental Group

This research analyzes the fall history of a group of elderly people and studies the effects of an intervention program based on Adapted Utilitarian Judo (JUA) to teach fall control in subjects with fear of falling syndrome (FOF). We adopted a quasi-experimental research design with pre-post measurement of the experimental group, in a healthy, pre-fragile sample of 12 women aged 71.5 ± 8 years, chosen using non-probabilistic-incidental accessibility sampling. The WHO questionnaire was used for the functional assessment of the fall. To evaluate FOF, we applied the 16-item version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), (pretest and posttest). This intervention program was based on Adapted Utilitarian Judo and conducted over 8 weeks, with two 60-minute sessions each week. After analyzing the scores obtained by the subjects in the pre and post FES-I, we found that the intervention with the JUA program had been significant for the experimental group with p ≤ 0.004, and there was an 11.9% decrease in the fear of falling (FES-I pos = 18.17). The results show that after the application of the JUA program there were significant improvements in subjects’ perception of FOF, with this being greater in those who had the highest levels of fear of falling before the intervention.

scholarly journals Development and evaluation of demonstration information recording approach for wheelchair mounted robotic arm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingshan Chi ◽  
Yaxin Liu ◽  
Yufeng Yao ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Shouqiang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Programming By Demonstration ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Operation Process ◽  
Assistive Robot ◽  
Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm

AbstractTo offer simple and convenient assistance for the elderly and disabled, researchers focus on programming by demonstration approach to improve the intelligence and adaptability of wheelchair mounted robotic arm assistive robot. But how to easily and quickly obtain the demonstration information is still an urgent problem to be solved. Based on the systematic analysis of the daily living tasks in need of robot assistance, this paper proposes the key-point-based programming by demonstration recording approach to quickly obtain the demonstration information and develops a specified demonstration interface to simplify the operation process. A corresponding evaluation approach is also proposed from the demonstration trajectories and demonstration process two aspects. Additionally, tasks of “holding water glass task”, “eating task”, and “opening door task” are carried out and experimental results, as well as comparative evaluations confirm the validity of the proposed approach with high efficiency. This study can not only offer a convenient and feasible way to obtain the demonstration information of daily living tasks, but also lay a good foundation for the assistive robot to learn relative motion skills, especially for the demonstrated dexterous manipulation skills, and semi-autonomously accomplish complex, multi-step tasks following the user’s instructions in the daily home environment.

scholarly journals Physiotherapy Management To Prevention Of Covid-19 By Improved Physical Activity In Elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 141-147
Author(s):  
Andung Maheswara Rakasiwi ◽  
Ade Irma Nahdliyyah
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Normal Structure ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
P Value ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
A Value ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), is an acute respiratory syndrome caused by the corona-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Elderly is a condition where the tissue's ability to repair itself or replace itself slowly disappears and maintains its normal structure and function so that it cannot survive. Problems that may arise, it is necessary to improve or improve the physical condition of the elderly, which can help them to maintain their health in their retirement. This study aims to reduce the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the elderly, provide an overview of the physical problems of Covid 19 in the elderly and prevention of Covid 19 in the elderly. This type of research is a type of experimental research that uses a pre- experimental research design in the form of a one-group pretest-posttest design. showed a probability value with a value of p <0.05. These  results indicate that physiotherapy management in the elderly during Covid 19 provided support for increased physical activity, so that the risk of being exposed to Covid 19 can be eliminated. management physiotherapy for covid 19 the p value is 0.000, p value <0.05, this shows that there are significant results between the pre test and post test on the physiotherapy management of the elderly during the Covid 19 pandemic. For the physical activity for elderly the p value is 0,015 this shows that the physical activities carried out by the elderly during a pandemic have not changed but can be given motivation to do physical activity. For the information fear of ctracting corona virus p value 0,007 this shows that the information on physical activity provided by physiotherapy does not change the fear of the elderly still being exposed to Covid

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