Maheu Veronique, Frappier Julie, Archambault Philippe S, Routhier François
École de technologie supérieure (ETS), Montreal, Canada.
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2011;2011:5975397. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975397.
Many activities of daily living, such as picking up glasses, holding a fork or opening a door, which most people do without thinking, can become insurmountable for people who have upper extremity disabilities. The alternative to asking for human help is to use some assistive devices to compensate their loss of mobility; however, many of those devices are limited in terms of functionality. Robotics may provide a better approach for the development of assistive devices, by allowing greater functionality. In this paper, we present results of a study (n=31) which objectives were to evaluate the efficacy of a new joystick-controlled seven-degree of freedom robotic manipulator and assess its potential economic benefits. Results show that JACO is easy to use as the majority of the participants were able to accomplish the testing tasks on their first attempt. The economic model results inferred that the use of the JACO arm system could potentially reduce caregiving time by 41%. These study results are expected to provide valuable data for interested parties, such as individuals with disabilities, their family or caregivers.
许多日常生活活动，比如拿起眼镜、握住叉子或开门，大多数人做这些事时无需思考，但对于上肢残疾的人来说却可能变得难以克服。除了寻求他人帮助外，另一种选择是使用一些辅助设备来弥补他们行动能力的丧失；然而，其中许多设备在功能方面存在局限性。机器人技术或许能为辅助设备的开发提供更好的方法，因为它能实现更大的功能。在本文中，我们展示了一项研究（n = 31）的结果，该研究的目的是评估一种新型的由操纵杆控制的七自由度机器人操纵器的功效，并评估其潜在的经济效益。结果表明，JACO易于使用，因为大多数参与者在首次尝试时就能完成测试任务。经济模型结果推断，使用JACO手臂系统有可能将护理时间减少41%。这些研究结果有望为相关方，如残疾人、他们的家人或护理人员，提供有价值的数据。
