Krebs Hermano I, Rossi Stefano, Kim Seung-Jae, Artemiadis Panagiotis K, Williams Dustin, Castelli Enrico, Cappa Paolo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2011;2011:5975410. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975410.
In this paper we present the alpha-prototype of a novel pediatric ankle robot. This lower-extremity robotic therapy module was developed at MIT to aid recovery of ankle function in children with cerebral palsy ages 5 to 8 years old. This lower-extremity robotic module will commence pilot testing with children with cerebral palsy at Blythedale Childrens Hospital (Valhalla, NY), Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital (Rome, Italy), Riley Children's Hospital (Indianapolis, IN). Its design follows the same guidelines as our upper-extremity robots and adult anklebot designs, i.e. it is a low friction, backdriveable device with intrinsically low mechanical impedance. We show the ankle robot characteristics and stability range. We also present pilot data with healthy children to demonstrate the potential of this device.
在本文中，我们展示了一种新型儿科踝关节机器人的alpha原型。这个下肢机器人治疗模块是由麻省理工学院开发的，用于帮助5至8岁脑瘫儿童恢复踝关节功能。这个下肢机器人模块将在布莱斯代尔儿童医院（纽约州瓦尔哈拉）、 Bambino Gesù儿童医院（意大利罗马）、莱利儿童医院（印第安纳州印第安纳波利斯）对脑瘫儿童进行试点测试。它的设计遵循与我们的上肢机器人和成人踝关节机器人相同的指导原则，即它是一个低摩擦、可反向驱动的装置，具有固有的低机械阻抗。我们展示了踝关节机器人的特性和稳定范围。我们还展示了对健康儿童的试点数据，以证明该设备的潜力。
