Learning gait by therapist demonstration for natural-like walking with the CORBYS powered orthosis

Cornelius Glackin, Christoph Salge, Daniel Polani, Markus Tuttemann, Carsten Vogel, Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero, Victor Grosu, Svetlana Grosu, Andrej Olensek, Matjaz Zadravec, Imre Cikajlo, Zlatko Matjacic, Adrian Leu, Danijela Ristic-Durrant

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Abstract

The number of mechanical degrees of freedom (DoFs) within rehabilitation robots directly influences the scope of the movements that a subject can perform when training walking. Currently, gait rehabilitation robots have a limited number of mechanical DoFs, as a consequence this limits the movements these robots can make possible. In this paper, the novel gait rehabilitation system CORBYS is presented which consists of the mobile platform and a powered orthosis which is attached to the platform. The CORBYS powered orthosis has 16 DoFs enabling more physiological movements, making it a state-of-the-art gait rehabilitation robotic system. With the sufficient number of DoFs to enable natural-like walking, the CORBYS robotic system enables the integration of the 'learning gait by therapist demonstration' paradigm. This paper presents the fully integrated functional CORBYS gait rehabilitation system, with the focus on the implementation aspects which enable generation of the reference gait trajectory through learning by therapist demonstration, and the use of the generated trajectory in the robotic therapy session. The results of the initial evaluation of the robotic system obtained in tests with a selected patient are given in the paper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages5605-5610
Number of pages6
Volume2015-December
ISBN (Print)9781479999941
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2015
EventIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 28 Sept 20152 Oct 2015

Conference

ConferenceIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period28/09/152/10/15

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