The 21st SICE Kyushu Chapter Annual Conference Abstract [201A]

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201A4
Comparison among Various Types of Mechanisms of Meal Assistance Robot for Disable Person
AUTHORS
Masatoshi NAKAMURA, Yuuichi MATSUYAMA, Satoru GOTO (Saga University)
ABSTRACT
In recent years, Usually many elder people are in bedridden life.Care of patients are always performed by family or caregivers.However, care is very hard work.In this paper a meal assistance robot for such disable persons is developed. Comparison among typical robots such as articulated robot, orthogonal type robot and scala type robot was carried out for a meal assistance robot.Advantage and disadvantage of these mechanisms are investigated.

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