“Daily Support Robots That Move on Me”
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Title:
- Daily Support Robots That Move on Me
Description:
Today, wearable devices, that can constantly support us by being worn on a daily basis, are gathering attention. In contrast, although we can also find an increase of personal robots in daily life, “wearable robots” are not so prevalent.
We developed a wearable robot as a partner, that moves on the human body autonomously. As daily support, the robot has an application to correct wearers’ sitting posture. It estimates wearers’ body state from some sensors, and if it perceives wearers’ bad posture or habit, points them out by moving to a region of the problem directly. We may be able to make use of it, not only to correct our posture or bad habit, but especially, to train children.
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