2203 平面リンク機構を用いた装着型歩行補助装置の開発(健康・福祉機器の開発,一般講演)

Abstract

The devices have been developed for elderly or rehabilitants to assist walk in a form of wearing type with electric devices. But these wearable walkers are expensive for users because this walker includes plural actuators and control computers. And more, there is a problem that the weight of the walker increases. Therefore, we suggest a walker which enables low cost and light weight. Concretely, we push forward development of the wearable walker which does not need electric devices and can be controlled by one input. In this paper, we suggest the walker which is designed planar six-bar linkage and prove utility of the walker.