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Mechatronic Design of Low-Cost Control Systems for Rehabilitation and Assisting Devices

Mechatronic Design of Low-Cost Control Systems for Rehabilitation and Assisting Devices
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Author(s): Pierluigi Rea (University of Cagliari, Italy)and Erika Ottaviano (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Advanced Mechatronic Systems and Intelligent Robotics
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maki K. Habib (The American University in Cairo, Egypt)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0137-5.ch004

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Abstract

In this chapter, authors focus on mechatronic solutions for low-cost control devices for the homecare of elderly and people with reduced mobility, having the goal of assisting people in daily-life activities. The development of such systems can be exploited in the form of a toolkit to be flexible and applied either to rehabilitation or assistive systems, in order to aid movements with controlled position, force/torque, and acceleration, possibly introducing reliability, repetitiveness, and low cost in the related sector. In particular, the development of a low-cost control system design allows the applicability of the solution to a broad range of devices for the home-care. The authors aim to develop low-cost technologies for the homecare of elderly and people with motor impairments trying to reduce significantly the overall costs to facilitate wider use of assisting and rehabilitation systems. In particular, a Sit-To-Stand (STS) assisting device is considered as a paradigmatic example to illustrate design considerations.

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