1P1-N09 肉体労働支援用マッスルスーツの開発(ウェアラブルロボティクス)

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"Muscle suit" that provides muscular support for the paralyzed or those otherwise unable to move unaided is being developed as a wearable robot. The muscle suit consists of a mechanical armor-type frame and McKibben artificial muscle. Using a new link mechanism for the shoulder joints which consist of two half-circle links with four universal joints in total mounted at both ends of each link, all motion for the upper limb has been realized. Application of the muscle suit to elderly people and/or disabled one requires very high-level safety and usability, from the practical point of view. We then in the first place for the practical use, apply the muscle suit to the manual worker. In this paper, we introduce how we can use the muscle suit for the manual worker.
一般社団法人日本機械学会の論文
2007-05-11