Regalbuto M A, Krouskop T A, Cheatham J B
Adept Technology, San Jose, CA 94086.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 1992 Winter;29(1):19-26. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.1992.01.0019.
A simple, relatively inexpensive robotic system that can aid severely disabled persons by providing pick-and-place manipulative abilities to augment the functions of human or trained animal assistants is under development at Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine. A stand-alone software application program runs on a Macintosh personal computer and provides the user with a selection of interactive windows for commanding the mobile robot via cursor action. A HERO 2000 robot has been modified such that its workspace extends from the floor to tabletop heights, and the robot is interfaced to a Macintosh SE via a wireless communications link for untethered operation. Integrated into the system are hardware and software which allow the user to control household appliances in addition to the robot. A separate Machine Control Interface device converts breath action and head or other three-dimensional motion inputs into cursor signals. Preliminary in-home and laboratory testing has demonstrated the utility of the system to perform useful navigational and manipulative tasks.
莱斯大学和贝勒医学院正在研发一种简单且成本相对较低的机器人系统，该系统可为严重残疾人士提供抓取和放置操作能力，以增强人类或经过训练的动物助手的功能。一个独立的软件应用程序运行在苹果麦金塔个人电脑上，为用户提供一系列交互式窗口，通过光标操作来指挥移动机器人。对一台HERO 2000机器人进行了改造，使其工作空间从地面延伸到桌面高度，并且该机器人通过无线通信链路与苹果麦金塔SE电脑连接，实现无绳操作。系统集成了硬件和软件，用户除了能控制机器人外，还能控制家用电器。一个单独的机器控制接口设备将呼吸动作以及头部或其他三维运动输入转换为光标信号。初步的家庭和实验室测试已经证明了该系统在执行有用的导航和操作任务方面的实用性。
