Development of a transfer supporting equipment

Abstract

The transfer supporting equipment lifts the sick and disabled from beds, and transports them to the bathroom, toilet or elsewhere. At present, such nursing tasks are almost always manually performed, but the awkward positions involved put tremendous physical strain on the attendants. The equipment described not only takes the load off nurses, but restores the mobility of the sick and handicapped. Its superb nursing capability will become invaluable to the aged society in Japan. We developed the patient-care robot under a joint commission from the NEDO and the AIST-MITI. And now, to advance the reliability and simplification of this robot system, we are developing a transfer supporting equipment for a popular utility.