The Development of a 3D Imaging and Classification System for Exoskeleton Systems

外骨骼系统 3D 成像和分类系统的开发

基本信息

批准号：
8904494
负责人：
John Paul Condon
金额：
$ 22.48万
依托单位：
INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-09-30 至 2018-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8904494
关键词：
Address Adoption Algorithms American Benchmarking Bionics Caregivers Characteristics Chicago Classification Clinics and Hospitals Collaborations Communities Community Participation Computer software Data Set Dependence Development Devices Disabled Persons Engineering Environment Evaluation Feedback Freedom Gait Height Home environment Individual Industry Institutes Marketing Medical Mind Monitor Movement Patients Phase Physical Medicine Physical Rehabilitation Physical therapy Population Positioning Attribute Principal Investigator Property Rehabilitation Outcome Rehabilitation therapy Research Safety Scientist Social Sciences Social isolation Societies Solutions Surface System Testing Three-Dimensional Imaging Time Uncertainty Universities Walking Wheelchairs Work design exoskeleton experience fall risk hazard image processing innovation kinematics peace prevent product development professor prototype public health relevance rehabilitation technology robot exoskeleton sensor

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Innovative Design Labs (IDL), in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) and Ekso Bionics, proposes to create a 3D Imaging and Classification System for Exoskeleton Systems. 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 existing hurdles preventing reliable use of exoskeleton in the home and community, namely, the ability of the system to sense and adapt itself in anticipation of uneven terrain. Through the use of 3D imaging, the proposed system aims to provide an exoskeleton's control system the required information to continuously determine features of the environment ahead such as terrain inclination angle and potential hazards thereby allowing the exoskeleton the ability to adjust its kinematics properties accordingly or notify the user that further forward movement is unsafe or unachievable. The proposed work will significantly change the way current exoskeletons work, facilitating their adoption into the market, and thus directly impacting the lives of individuals with disabilities.

描述（由申请人提供）：创新设计实验室 (IDL) 与芝加哥康复研究所 (RIC) 和 Ekso Bionics 合作，提议为外骨骼系统创建 3D 成像和分类系统。最近的研究发现，386 万美国人。需要轮椅，并且这个数字每年以平均每年 5.9% 的速度增加，而轮椅提供了自由，让使用者能够独立和独立。为了减少对他人的依赖，使用轮椅在身体上或情感上并不等同于步行，并且通常被认为会限制社区参与，从而加剧社会孤立，机器人外骨骼/仿生服有可能使这些人能够站起来行走，从而提供了一种社交隔离。我们的建议旨在解决阻碍在家庭和社区可靠使用外骨骼的现有障碍之一，即系统感知和适应不平坦地形的能力。使用3D 成像，所提出的系统旨在为外骨骼的控制系统提供所需的信息，以连续确定前方环境的特征，例如地形倾斜角度和潜在危险，从而使外骨骼能够相应地调整其运动学属性或通知用户进一步向前移动是不安全或无法实现的。拟议的工作将显着改变当前外骨骼的工作方式，促进其进入市场，从而直接影响残疾人的生活。