Survey of the Needs about Rehabilitation Robotics

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In order to provide some baseline information in the development of robots to help persons with disabilities, a survey was made to find how persons with physical disabilities and therapists felt about rehabilitation robots. In the119replies out of200questionnaires to persons with physical disabilities, the results of the survey were as follows. 1)They were generally positive to the robotic aids in their activities of daily living, especially in mobility and transfer to a wheelchair. 2)Although majority of them expressed their acceptance to robotic aids in cooking, having a meal and evacuation. Some of them showed strong refusal . 3)One of the noticeable answers described the expectation for better quality of life such as robotic aids in hairdressing. In the95replies out of200questionnaires to the physical and occupational therapists, the results of the survey were as follows. 1)Most of them felt it difficult to develop a robot for the training, mainly because of safety, psychological problems and flexible adaptation to respective patient. 2)They expected robotic aids in their activities of evaluation of the training, transfer of the patients, moving and clearing training equipments. 3)Most of them felt that robot will be beneficial in the assistance of the daily living of persons with disabilities.
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