Towards using a generic robot as training partner off-the-shelf robots as a platform for flexible and affordable rehabilitation

• Published in: HRI '14 : proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction : March 3-6, 2014, Bielefeld, Germany pp. 294 - 295
• Main Authors: Sørensen, Anders Stengaard, Savarimuthu, Thiusius Rajeeth, Nielsen, Jacob, Schultz, Ulrik Pagh
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 03.03.2014
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Applied computing > Operations research > Industry and manufacturing > Command and control; Categories and Subject Descriptors; Force; Force sensors; I.2.9 [Artificial Intelligence]: Commercial robots and applications; Manipulators; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Training; affordable rehabilitation robot; upper arm training; industrial robot
• ISBN: 1450326587; 9781450326582
• DOI: 10.1145/2559636.2559842

In this paper, we demonstrate how a generic industrial robot can be used as a training partner, for upper limb training. The motion path and human/robot interaction of a non-generic upper-arm training robot is transferred to a generic industrial robot arm, and we demonstrate that the robot arm can implement the same type of interaction, but can expand the training regime to include both upper arm and shoulder training. We compare the generic robot to two affordable but custom-built training robots, and outline interesting directions for future work based on these training robots.