rehabilitation-robotics

Lower limb impairment has a significant impact on the mobility of those affected takes away their independence and reduces their quality of life. We are developing a range of lower limb rehabilitation exoskeletons for gait assistance and rehabilitation and the associated sensing and control technologies.

Our robotic walker is an advanced overground gait training device designed to empower patients to move under their own volition, rather than being guided by preordained movement patterns. Specifically engineered for gait rehabilitation following the acute stages of stroke, this device offers both horizontal and vertical assistance.

The wrist motor function is particularly significant for dexterous operations in activities of daily living. A bilateral robotic system and a telerobotic system are developed for wrist rehabilitation. Bilateral Wrist Rehabilitation System Telerobotic Wrist Rehabilitation System The bilateral wrist rehabilitation system can extract subject-adaptive reference movement from the functional limb by a passive module and apply the desired assistance to the impaired limb safely by an active module.

Robotic systems for upper limb rehabilitation training that promote the recovery of upper limb mobility, and improve muscle strength and quality of life for storke and upper limb impairment

The gravity compensation mechanisms (GCMs) are widely used in robotic manipulators and exoskeletons. We present a cable-driven GCM applied in a spatial multi-degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic system. By combining the cable transmission with the spring-based GCM, the whole compensation system is placed outside the main body of the robotic system, including the movable links and revolute joints.