Abstract
Although rehabilitation robotics have been used for helping disabled persons in various areas of disability, such as stroke rehabilitation, very little research has been done with the brain injured persons and robotics. This paper discusses the implementation of a simple model, which consists of brain body interface, a computer, an interface program and an electronic circuit to interface the computer to a robotic arm. This was an exploratory research that was carried out that allowed a brain-injured person to do simple tasks using robotic arms. This paper also looks at rehabilitation robotics both past and present. The paper goes on to explore the new avenues available to enhance this exploratory research. In this paper, we take the brain body interface communications a step further where the brain injured persons will not only communicate but will also be able to do simple tasks.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Chun, S.L.T., Pei, J., John, Q.G., Huosheng, H., Kui, Y.: EMG-based Hands-Free Wheelchair Control with EOG Attention Shift Detection. In: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Sanya, China (2007)
Doherty, E., Wong, Y., Fernandes, J., Gnanayutham, P., Stephenson, G.: The OWI-007 Robotic Arm, Cyberlink Interface, and Visual C++ Interface are a Great Help to the Handicapped and a Good Platform for Teaching Technology. Njedge.net Conference, New York (October 2003)
Felzer, T., Freisleben, B.: HaWCoS: the “hands-free” wheelchair control system. In: Proceedings of the fifth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies, Edinburgh (2002)
Gnanayutham, P., Bloor, C., Cockton, G.: Robotics for the brain injured: An interface for the brain injured person to operate a robotic arm. In: ICCIT 2001, New York (October 2001)
Gnanayutham, P., George, J.: Inclusive Design for Brain Body Interfaces. In: Schmorrow, D.D., Reeves, L.M. (eds.) HCII 2007 and FAC 2007. LNCS (LNAI), vol. 4565, pp. 102–111. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)
Gnanayutham, P., George, J.: Communicating, Recreating and Controlling the Environment Using an Adaptive Brain-Body Interface. In: DSAI 2009, pp. 71–78. UTAD, Lisbon (June 2009a)
Gnanayutham, P., Cockton, G.: Adaptive Personalisation for Researcher-Independent Brain-Body Interface Usage. In: CHI 2009, April 2009, pp. 3003–3019. ACM Press, Boston (2009b)
Hillman, M.R.: Rehabilitation robotics from past to present - a historical perspective. In: ICORR, Daejeon (April 2003)
Hillman, M.R., Evans, N.M., Orpwood, R.D.: Improving the flexibility of an assistive Robot. In: Proceedings of the Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology 2002, Springer, Heidelberg (2002a)
Hillman, M.R., Hagan, K., Hagan, S., Jepson, J., Orpwood, R.D.: The Weston Wheelchair Mounted Assistive Robot – The Design Story. Robotica 20, 125–132 (2002b)
Lai, W., Huosheng, H., Kui, Y.: Use of Forehead Bio-signals for Controlling an Intelligent Wheelchair. In: Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE, International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Bangkok (2009)
Mason, C.P., Peizer, E.: Medical Manipulator for Quadriplegic. In: IRIA 1978, New Delhi (1978)
Roesler, H., Kuppers, H.J., Schmalenbach, E.: The Medical Manipulator and its Adapted Environment: A System for the Rehabilitation of Severely Handicapped. In: Proc. Int’l Conf. on Telemanipulators for the Physically Handicapped (1978)
Seamone, W., Schmeisser, G.: Evaluation of the JHU/APL Robot Arm Workstation, Interactive Robotic Aids. World Rehabilitation Fund Monograph#37, York (1986)
Tzika, A., Khanicheh, A., Rosen, B., Astrakas, L., Moskowitz, M.: Stroke Rehabilitation Improved By Robotic Technology, Medical News Today (December 2008)
Kim, Y., Cook, A.M.: Manipulation and Mobility Aids. Electronic Devices for Rehabilitation. Chapman and Hall, London (1985)
Yoshiyuki, T., Takashi, K., Tateki, U., Masao, M., Hiroyuki, K.: Development of the Mobile Robot System to aid the daily life for Physically Handicapped. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Boston (2000)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Gnanayutham, P., George, J. (2010). Developing Rehabilitation Robots for the Brain Injured. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_12
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-14099-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-14100-3
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)