Naonobu Takahira Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kitasato University, will conduct a demonstration experiment of "Health Awareness Robot System with Gymnastics Evaluation" on November 2016 and 11, 24 in collaboration with Shanti Co., Ltd.
Kitasato University's robot system was adopted by Kanagawa Prefecture's open recruitment type "robot demonstration experiment support project", and was developed to be used in the medical field, unlike robots that exercise with elderly people in nursing care facilities. System.This is the first demonstration experiment of a gymnastics instruction robot from a medical point of view.
In the robot system, the movement of a person is evaluated by a sensor, and guidance and advice suitable for that person are given from the interview.Guidance on locomotive syndrome (* Note) prevention exercises enlightened by the Japanese Society of Orthopedic Surgery.
In addition, in this demonstration experiment, gymnastics guidance will be provided from different perspectives using the four methods of "books," "DVDs," "humans (physiotherapists)," and "this robot system." Kinect sensor recognizes the movement of the gymnast.Whether or not locomotive exercises are being performed properly is determined by Professor Takahira's original algorithm, which is pending a patent, and the results are transmitted in real time to guide the body to appropriate movements.After that, Professor Takahira will verify the effectiveness of gymnastics instruction by the robot system from the viewpoint of orthopedics by monitoring and judging how accurately the gymnastics was performed.
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Bones, joints, muscles, nerves, etc. are weakened, making it difficult to perform actions such as "standing" and "walking", requiring nursing care, becoming bedridden, or at high risk.It is said that 40 million people over the age of 4700 in Japan are estimated.
