Task-oriented perception-assist for an upper-limb powerassist exoskeleton robot

Abstract

Many kinds of exoskeleton robots have been developed to assist the motion in rehabilitation and daily living of physically weak persons. The concept of perception-assist has been proposed to assist not only the daily motion but also the interaction with an environment, by applying the modification force to the user's motion. In this paper, task-oriented perception-assist is proposed to assist the daily task of physically weak persons with an upper-limb power-assist exoskeleton. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been evaluated by performing experiments.