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

该项目购买了一个共享的最先进的Jaco-2机械臂，用于辅助和康复机器人的合作研究，旨在通过增加残疾人和老年人的独立性和社区融合来提高他们的生活质量。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；以及-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合作使用这些设备。此外，该奖项应促进辅助机器人研究和培训在多个部门的发展。这一新颖的仪器使研究界能够接触到一种仪器，该仪器将加速辅助机器人、职业康复、保健和监测以及家庭护理方面的研究。拟议的项目引入了一种简单的机械臂操作方案，使机器人系统能够融入家庭环境，从而增强残疾人士的独立性和自主性，并将对照顾者的需求降至最低。这些研究项目还将有助于帮助老年人和残疾人士在复杂的非结构化环境中操纵机器人并与其通信，从而提高机器人系统的安全性和可靠性，特别是对于有下肢或上肢受限或下肢和上肢受限的人，以在更复杂的工作场所执行任务。

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.