Environmental Imaging and Control for Exoskeletons to Improve Safety and Mobility

外骨骼环境成像和控制可提高安全性和机动性

基本信息

批准号：
9474743
负责人：
John Paul Condon
金额：
$ 56.24万
依托单位：
INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-30 至 2020-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9474743
关键词：
Address Adoption Algorithm Design Algorithms American Benchmarking Bionics Caregivers Chicago Clinical Collaborations Communities Community Participation Computational algorithm Computer Vision Systems Crutches Custom Dependence Devices Electrical Engineering Emotional Environment Evaluation Exercise Eye Family Feedback Freedom Friends Gait Goals Health Height Home environment Hospitals Human Image Impairment Individual Industry Institutes Laboratories Length Location Medical Methods Motion Patients Performance Phase Population Process Production Quality of life Ramp Rehabilitation Centers Rehabilitation Outcome Rehabilitation therapy Research Safety Small Business Innovation Research Grant Social isolation Societies Software Engineering System Technology Testing Uncertainty Vision Walking Wheelchairs Work commercialization design exoskeleton experience human study image processing improved improved mobility innovation insight member product development prototype rehabilitation technology robot exoskeleton usability

项目摘要

Innovative Design Labs (IDL) proposes to create a system to improve the mobility and control of exoskeletons. Recent research has found that 3.86 million Americans require wheelchairs and the number has been increasing annually by an average annual rate of 5.9% per year. While wheelchairs provide freedom, allowing users to be independent as well as reducing dependence upon others, wheelchair use is not physically or emotionally equivalent to walking and is often thought to limit community participation and thus exacerbate social isolation. Robotic exoskeletons/bionic suits have the potential to enable these individuals to stand up and walk, thus providing a way to more fully reintegrate these individuals into society. Our proposal seeks to address one of the hurdles limiting the widespread adoption of exoskeletons in the home and community—the inability of the user to dynamically control gait parameters. This concept has the potential to significantly change the way exoskeletons work and facilitate their adoption into the market. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that the proposed solution will provide users a practical way to adjust their suit’s gait to precisely achieve their navigational goals. Specific Aims: Phase I: 1) Build a prototype and Perform Preliminary Laboratory Testing; 2) Develop and Benchmark Algorithms; and 3) Perform Pilot Human Study of Prototype with Exoskeleton Subjects. Phase II: 1) Develop Customized, Production-Ready Hardware and Firmware 2) Integrate with Exoskeleton Control System; and 3) Perform an evaluation of the system through human study testing.

创新设计实验室（IDL）提议创建一个系统来改善外骨骼的移动性和控制力。最近的研究发现，有 386 万美国人需要轮椅，这一数字已每年以平均 5.9% 的速度增长，而轮椅提供了自由，允许。为了使使用者能够独立并减少对他人的依赖，轮椅的使用不会影响身体或身体在情感上等同于步行，通常被认为限制社区参与，从而加剧机器人外骨骼/仿生服有可能使这些人站起来。和步行，从而为这些人更充分地重新融入社会提供一种方式。解决限制外骨骼在家庭和社区广泛采用的障碍之一—— 用户无法动态控制步态参数，这一概念有可能显着改善。改变外骨骼的工作方式并促进其进入市场假设：我们举步维艰。所提出的解决方案将为用户提供一种实用的方法来调整他们的套装的步态以精确地实现他们的目标具体目标：第一阶段：1）构建原型并进行初步实验室测试； 2) 开发算法并对其进行基准测试；3) 进行外骨骼原型的试点人体研究第二阶段主题：1) 开发定制的、可投入生产的硬件和固件 2) 集成外骨骼控制系统；3) 通过人体研究测试对系统进行评估。