MRI: Acquisition of a Novel Assistive Robot Arm for Collaborative Research in Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution

该项目获得了一个共享的最先进的雅科-2机器人手臂，用于辅助和康复机器人技术的合作研究，旨在通过提高残疾人和老年人的独立性和重返社区来改善他们的生活质量。它支持三个领域的研究：-辅助技术和职业康复系统; -机器人和控制系统;和-健康监测系统。在这些领域，参与的研究人员将在不同的研究项目中协作使用设备。此外，该奖项应促进多个部门的辅助机器人研究和培训的发展。这种新型仪器使研究界能够获得一种仪器，这种仪器将加速辅助机器人，职业康复，医疗保健和监测以及家庭护理的研究。建议的项目引入一个简单的机械手操作计划，使机器人系统能够融入家居环境，从而提高残疾人士的独立性和自主性，并尽量减少对照顾者的需要。这些研究项目亦有助协助长者及残疾人士在复杂的非结构化环境中操控机器人及与机器人沟通，从而提高机器人系统的安全性及可靠性，特别是让上肢或下肢有残疾或上肢同时有残疾的人士在较复杂的工作环境中执行工作。

This project, acquiring a shared state-of-the-art JACO-2 robot arm for collaborative research in assistive and rehabilitation robotics, aims to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities and the elderly by increasing their independence and community reintegration. It supports research in three areas: - Assistive technology and vocational rehabilitation systems; - Robotics and control systems; and - Health monitoring systems. In these areas, the participating researchers will use the equipment collaboratively on diverse research projects. In addition, the award should facilitate development of assistive robotics research and training across multiple departments. This novel instrument enables access by the research community to an instrument that will accelerate research in assistive robotics, vocational rehabilitation, health-care and monitoring, and home care. The proposed projects introduce a simple robot arm manipulation scheme for enabling the incorporation of robotic systems into home environment, thus enhancing the independence and autonomy of individuals with disabilities, and minimizing the necessity for a caregiver. The research projects will also contribute to assisting the elderly and persons with disability to manipulate and communicate with the robot in complex unstructured environments, thereby enhancing safety and reliability of the robotic system, especially for people with lower or upper limb limitations or both lower and upper limb limitations to perform tasks in a more complicated workplace.