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Intention detection in upper limb kinematics rehabilitation using a GP-based control strategy

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

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Abstract

In robot-assisted upper limb rehabilitation, detecting the intentions of hemiplegic patients is essential towards assisting the patients to actively exercise instead of driving passive motions. Many interactive channels, such as voice, EMG and EEG, have been studied to estimate the motion intentions. However, limitations of these techniques, such as high complexity, have constrained their applications in practice. In this paper, we integrate a virtual environment and a low-cost motion sensor into a novel control strategy to detect motion intentions for a rehabilitation robot. Several bimanual motion sequences are intuitively programmed by a professional therapist for subjects to repeat. The strategy uses the unaffected arm and the programmed motion sequence to estimate the motion intentions of the affected arm. We adopt this strategy in Mirror Therapy, a widely-practised therapeutic intervention method. Experiments have been conducted to validate the control strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIROS Hamburg 2015 - Conference Digest
Subtitle of host publicationIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5032-5038
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781479999941
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Dec 2015
EventIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 28 Sep 20152 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Volume2015-December
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

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

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