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This paper presents a design of a mobile robotic arm for people with severe disabilities. The main body of the robotic arm can be contained in a laptop computer’s briefcase. Its weight is only 5 kg, including two 12-V lead acid rechargeable batteries. A drinking tea task was experimentally performed by a person with muscular dystrophy. An eating task was also conducted by two able-bodied subjects. The experimental results showed that they could carry out drinking and eating tasks.
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Higa, H., Uehara, H., Soken, T. (2011). Design of a Mobile Robotic Arm for People with Severe Disabilities. In: Yang, D. (eds) Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 133. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25992-0_16
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