Modular self-reconfigurable robot for autonomous rehabilitation assistance in daily living tasks for spinal cord injury patients

Authors

C.A. Nelson
M.A. Bruckner
J.S. Chae
J.M. Burnfield
T.W. Buster
Guilherme Cesar, University of North FloridaFollow
C.M. Pfeifer
P. Dasgupta

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

This paper presents a modular robot for assisting individuals with spinal cord injury with everyday tasks. The basic premise of modularity for task-variable environments is laid out, and the modular robot design is detailed including needs assessment, kinematics, and hardware. Early pilot testing of the robot is also described.

Publication Title

Frontiers in Biomedical Devices, BIOMED - 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2019

First Page

1

Last Page

4

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1115/DMD2019-3240

Citation Information

Nelson, CA, Bruckner, MA, Chae, JS, Burnfield, JM, Buster, TW, Cesar, GM, Pfeifer, CM, & Dasgupta, P. "Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot for Autonomous Rehabilitation Assistance in Daily Living Tasks for Spinal Cord Injury Patients." Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. April 15–18, 2019. V001T10A008. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DMD2019-3240