TY - GEN
T1 - Toward developing a power assist robot for lowering heavy objects
T2 - 21st Annual Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2010, Micro-Nano GCOE 2010, Bio-Manipulation 2010
AU - Rahman, S. M.Mizanoor
AU - Ikeura, Ryojun
AU - Shinsuke, Ishibashi
AU - Hayakawa, Soichiro
AU - Sawai, Hideki
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Humans frequently need to lower heavy objects for various purposes. We assume that suitable human-robot systems such as power assist systems may be comfortably used to lower heavy objects/materials. However, most of the currently available power assist devices are designed for rehabilitation and health care purposes, and hence the development of suitable power assist devices for lowering heavy objects is not being considered by the researchers. Again, the power assist devices developed for lowering heavy objects cannot be human-friendly, safe, natural etc. if these are not designed considering human characteristics and the object's motion features. This paper suggests a set of design guidelines for designing human-friendly power assist robots for lowering heavy objects in various industries based on human characteristics and object's motion features. As a preliminary initiative, this paper reports the preliminary study results on weight perception, load forces and object motion features for lowering objects manually.
AB - Humans frequently need to lower heavy objects for various purposes. We assume that suitable human-robot systems such as power assist systems may be comfortably used to lower heavy objects/materials. However, most of the currently available power assist devices are designed for rehabilitation and health care purposes, and hence the development of suitable power assist devices for lowering heavy objects is not being considered by the researchers. Again, the power assist devices developed for lowering heavy objects cannot be human-friendly, safe, natural etc. if these are not designed considering human characteristics and the object's motion features. This paper suggests a set of design guidelines for designing human-friendly power assist robots for lowering heavy objects in various industries based on human characteristics and object's motion features. As a preliminary initiative, this paper reports the preliminary study results on weight perception, load forces and object motion features for lowering objects manually.
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U2 - 10.1109/MHS.2010.5669511
DO - 10.1109/MHS.2010.5669511
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78751475200
SN - 9781424479962
T3 - 2010 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science: From Micro and Nano Scale Systems to Robotics and Mechatronics Systems, MHS 2010, Micro-Nano GCOE 2010, Bio-Manipulation 2010
SP - 408
EP - 413
BT - 2010 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science
Y2 - 7 November 2010 through 10 November 2010
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