Planes In Virtual Space Research Articles

Follow control of upper limb rehabilitation training based on Kinect and NAO robot

Gesture imitation is a common rehabilitation strategy in limb rehabilitation training. In traditional rehabilitation training, patients need to complete training actions under the guidance of rehabilitation physicians. However, due to the limited resources of the hospital, it cannot meet the training and guidance needs of all patients. In this paper, we proposed a following control method based on Kinect and NAO robot for the gesture imitation task in rehabilitation training. The method realized the joint angles mapping from Kinect coordination to NAO robot coordination through inverse kinematics algorithm. Aiming at the deflection angle estimation problem of the elbow joint, a virtual space plane was constructed and realized the accurate estimation of deflection angle. Finally, a comparative experiment for deflection angle of the elbow joint angle was conducted. The experimental results showed that the root mean square error of the angle estimation value of this method in right elbow transverse deflection and vertical deflection directions was 2.734° and 2.159°, respectively. It demonstrates that the method can follow the human movement in real time and stably using the NAO robot to show the rehabilitation training program for patients.

The Virtual SpacePlane

The paper discusses the Virtual SpacePlane, a virtual prototype of the US Air Force's Manned SpacePlane, which operates in a realistic distributed virtual environment. The Manned SpacePlane (MSP) project is in the initial stages of evaluating the benefit of using military spaceplanes for a variety of low-earth orbit and atmospheric missions. The baseline assumption for the MSP project is that we will need to achieve safe, reliable, affordable, and routine access to space for short notice and worldwide deployment of space assets in the near future.