Event Scheduled for Aug 7, 2012
Event: Marek Wartenberg: Masters Thesis Defense-Design, Fabrication and Function Validation of a Myoelectric-Activated, Torque Controlled Robotic Rehabilitation Device
Location: Gentry Room 131
Time: 01:00 pm
Details of Event:
Abstract:
It is apparent that the future of limb rehabilitation and physical therapy is robotic. Physical therapy is grounded in provoking motor neuron plasticity, traditionally by moving a patient’s damaged limb through balance and coordination exercises. Robots can be programmed precisely to move a limb through the same exercises with more repetition and intensity, individualized to the patient’s needs. The work completed was designing, fabricating and validating function of a novel myoelectric-activated robotic rehabilitation device. In addition to the myoelectric, there are manual, routine and master-slave modes which give the patient the aforementioned individualized rehabilitation opportunities. The overall device is a system consisting of a one degree of freedom robotic brace for each elbow, intended to rehabilitate hemiparetic patients. Using electromyography from both arms as the metric of muscle output, the system guides myoelectric-activated, torque-controlled bilateral motions of the arms. Motion capture as well as system outputs were used to validate function of the different control modes.
Target Audience: Not Available
Sponsored By: Biomedical Engineering Program
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