EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A PARALLEL REHABILITATION ROBOT FOR NEUROMOTOR IMPAIRMENT

Nicoleta POP, Ionuț ULINICI, Paul TUCAN, Iosif BÎRLESCU, Călin VAIDA, Giuseppe CARBONE, Doina PÎSLĂ

Abstract


The paper presents the experimental evaluation of a new parallel robotic system with modular architecture developed for lower limb rehabilitation, for patients suffering from neuro-motor deficits. The robotic system, entitled RAISE, aims to target the acute post-stroke rehabilitation stage for bed-ridden patients. Within this paper, an analysis of current state of the art technologies in lower limb rehabilitation is presented, followed by a definition of the development stages starting from medical task definition and up to the experimental testing of the innovative robotic structure. The experimental measurements for robot task definition are presented, and the robotic structure is validated following a series of experimental tests with the system in laboratory conditions.


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