Development of Pneumatic Wearable Power Assist Device for Human Arm “ASSIST”

Development of Pneumatic Wearable Power Assist Device for Human Arm "ASSIST"

In order to realize an assist of independent life for people in need of care and relieve a physical burden for care worker, an active support splint driven by pneumatic soft actuator (ASSIST) to support a human arm has been developed. ASSIST is constructed with the appliance and the rotary-type soft actuator. Since a weight and hardness of device involve a danger of causing a serious accident f...

Pneumatic Soft Actuator for Human Assist Technology

In the coming advanced age society, an innovative technology to assist the activities of daily living of elderly and disabled people and the heavy work in nursing is desired. To develop such a technology, an actuator safe and friendly for human is required. It should be small, lightweight and has to provide a proper softness. We call such an actuator soft actuator. A pneumatic rubber artificial...

Development of Jump Assist System Using Pneumatic Rubber Muscle

In this paper, we develop a jump assist system that can generate instantaneous force using pneumatic artificial rubber muscles (PARMs) since such quick motion is required in the rescue activities. The device extends the knee joint using PARMs. Moreover, bi-articular mechanism between the knee and ankle joint is realized using PARMs. Assist timing with the device is detected with an acceleration...

Proportionally controlled linear power assist device for artificial arms.

A new prosthetic add-on device is being developed which promises to provide an economical means of adding power assist to a patient's existing conventional cable-operated prosthesis. Only minor modifications by a prosthetist would be required. Patients wearing conventional cable-operated above-elbow prostheses, who lack adequate function because they cannot generate the necessary cable excursio...

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