Showing papers by "Yoshikazu Mori published in 2017"
TL;DR: This article primarily discusses a strategy that enables wheelchair users to climb stairs comprising multiple steps, and uses a pair of portable slopes to achieve this task.
Abstract: We have developed a pair of step-climbing units that can be installed on a standard manual wheelchair. Many wheelchair users hope to lead an independent life without assistance. The target users of...
6 citations
16 Oct 2017
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a portable robot that inspires elderly people to walk, which can judge weather and indoor and outdoor environments and count steps of the elderly person and produce preferable impressions such as interesting, friendly and satisfactory.
Abstract: In this paper we propose a portable robot quot Tech Tech quot that inspires elderly people to walk Walk is preferable to maintain their healthy condition both physically and mentally The human ndash robot interaction is important for increasing their motivation Tech Tech talks to elderly people based on the data from various sensors Tech Tech can judge weather and indoor ndash outdoor environments It can also count steps We took a stochastic approach in order to determine the actions of the robot The robot could produce preferable impressions such as ldquo interesting rdquo ldquo friendly rdquo and ldquo satisfactory rdquo Experimental results demonstrate that the elderly people prefer long intervals in conversations and affirmative responses
2 citations
01 Jul 2017
TL;DR: A pair of step-climbing units that can be installed in a standard manual wheelchair are developed to enable manual wheelchair users to establish an independent life that they can lead without assistance.
Abstract: We have developed a pair of step-climbing units that can be installed in a standard manual wheelchair. We aim to enable manual wheelchair users to establish an independent life that they can lead without assistance. This mechanism is simpler because it uses the capabilities of the wheelchair user. Each unit comprises two actuators and has two degrees of freedom: telescopic motion and rotational motion. We primarily discuss a strategy that enables wheelchair users to climb stairs comprising multiple steps. We additionally use a pair of portable slopes to achieve this task. Results of experiments where users traveled on a pair of slopes that covered a height of 30 cm over two steps confirm the effectiveness of the design.