Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design on Geriatric Assistive Devices and Systems (GADS)

老年辅助设备和系统 (GADS) 的多学科工程顶点设计

• 批准号: 0853936
• 负责人: Albert Shih
• 金额: $ 12.5万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0853936&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multidisciplinary; Engineering; Capstone; Design; Geriatric

0853936ShihThe aim of this project is to collaborate with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and University of Michigan (UM) Hospitals to develop a multidisciplinary engineering capstone design course focusing on Geriatric Assistive Devices and Systems (GADS). The rapidly-aging societies of the developed world present many new engineering opportunities for the 21st century. The current layout of living spaces, the designs of furniture (beds, chairs, tables, sofas, etc.), and even the means of using most household devices (for cooking, bathing, entertainment, storage, etc.) are all targeted at healthy, mobile adults, often ignoring the aged and/or disabled individuals who often live alone and have limited mobility. To compound the problem, there is a lack of system-level design for geriatric assistive devices on the market today; meaning devices are often designed without considering their integration into an overall assistive framework for an entire household, which can lead to unmet needs or incompatibility between devices. The current development of geriatric assistive devices is aimed in two extremes. On one end are systems designed to be general-purpose: to address as many needs as possible with one device. Work here has focused on complicated and expensive robotic systems, such as the HAL exoskeleton (by Cyberdyne), and the PaPeRo (by NEC) and ASIMO (by Honda) robots, which are capable of performing tasks autonomously. The other extreme seen in geriatric assistive device development contains simple, low cost products that have very limited functionality. Devices in this realm include plastic benches for showering, or adhesive handles for gripping phones. Intellectual merit: of this project include advancing design and therapeutic sciences, and applying the knowledge gained in basic research of geriatric studies towards creating devices that will benefit healthcare and quality of life for seniors. The project can have a great impact in promoting collaboration between engineering and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Apart from the elderly, caregivers, including occupational and physical therapists, can benefit from this project as well. They have the opportunity to communicate their needs to engineers and work together with them to create new assistive devices and systems. We also plan to expose the GADS class to the community via the Turner Senior Resource Center in UM Geriatric Center. This project will work in close collaboration with two UM PM&R co-PI, Prof. Dr. Mark Ziadeh and consultant Prof. Susan Murphy as well as occupational and physical therapists at UM Hospitals. This proposal is thus a unique collaboration among an engineering faculty member, a MD in geriatric rehabilitation, and a ScD in therapeutic studies, all working together in the creation of new frontier in the design of GADS.Broader Impacts: The goal of this project is to create specialized, simple, and affordable mechatronic devices that perform very specific household tasks. The needs of aging adults with limited vision, mobility, sensation, and cognition will be addressed. Student teams will work on a collaborative cluster of projects for five major rooms of a living space: the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, the garage, and the living room. The instructor will coordinate among projects to create a coherent system to improve the quality of life of the aging population across the entire living space. This integrative approach to the projects, where each becomes part of an overall system, is a critical aspect of this project course. At the end of this five-year project, a GADS demo area will be built to showcase the integration of the team-designed geriatric assistive devices into a system. Students are required to interview aging adults and occupational and physical therapists working with aging adults to identify specific needs in their project area, work closely with PM&R faculty, and outreach to the community through the Turner Senior Resource Center of the UM Geriatric Center.

0853936SHIHHIH的目的是与物理医学与康复系（PM＆R）和密歇根大学（UM）医院合作，以开发一个多学科工程工程帽石工程设计课程，重点介绍了老年辅助设备和系统（GADS）。 发达国家的迅速发展的社会为21世纪带来了许多新的工程机会。目前的居住空间布局，家具（床，椅子，桌子，沙发等）的设计，甚至是使用大多数家用设备（用于烹饪，洗澡，娱乐，储藏等）的手段，都是针对健康的，移动的成人，通常忽略了老年人和/或残障人士，他们通常会独自生活，并且单独生活并且具有有限的流动性。为了使问题更加复杂，当今市场上的老年辅助设备缺乏系统级设计。含义设备通常是设计的，而无需考虑将其集成到整个家庭的整体辅助框架中，这可能会导致设备之间的需求或不兼容。当前的老年辅助设备的发展针对两个极端。一方面是设计为通用的系统：用一台设备满足尽可能多的需求。这里的工作集中在复杂且昂贵的机器人系统上，例如HAL外骨骼（由Cyber​​dyne），以及能够自动执行任务的Papero（由NEC）和Asimo（由本田）机器人（由本田）机器人进行。老年辅助设备开发中看到的另一个极端包含功能非常有限的简单低成本产品。该领域中的设备包括用于淋浴的塑料长凳，或用于抓手机的粘合剂手柄。知识分子的优点：其中包括提高设计和治疗科学，以及在老年研究基础研究中获得的知识，以创建有益于老年人的医疗保健和生活质量的设备。该项目在促进工程与物理医学和康复之间的合作中可能会产生重大影响。除了老年人外，包括职业和物理治疗师在内的护理人员也可以从该项目中受益。他们有机会将他们的需求传达给工程师，并与他们一起创建新的辅助设备和系统。我们还计划通过UM老年中心的Turner高级资源中心将GADS班级曝光。 该项目将与UM医院的两位UM PM＆R Co-Pi密切合作，Mark Ziadeh博士和顾问Susan Murphy教授以及职业和物理治疗师。因此，该建议是工程教师，老年康复的医学博士和治疗研究的SCD之间的独特合作，所有这些都共同创造了Gader的新领域的创建。视力有限，流动性，感觉和认知的老化成年人的需求将得到满足。学生团队将为五个居住空间的五个主要房间进行合作的项目：浴室，卧室，厨房，车库和客厅。讲师将在项目之间进行协调，以创建一个连贯的系统，以改善整个生活空间中老龄化人口的生活质量。这种对项目的综合方法（每个项目都成为整体系统的一部分）是该项目课程的关键方面。在这个为期五年的项目结束时，将建立一个GADS演示区域，以展示团队设计的老年辅助设备将其集成到系统中。 要求学生面试成人老龄化，职业和物理治疗师与老龄化成年人一起工作，以确定其项目领域的特定需求，与PM＆R教师紧密合作，并通过UM Geriontric Center的Turner高级资源中心向社区推广。