Meal assistance robot with ultrasonic motors

Issue title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT 2005, ICMIT 2007)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tanaka, K.^{a; *} | Kodani, Y.^b | Oka, M.^c | Nishimura, Y.^a | Farida, F.A.^a | Mu, S.^a

Affiliations: [a] Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan | [b] Brother Industries, Co., Ltd., Japan | [c] Ube National College of Technology, Ube, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Kanya Tanaka, Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1, Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a meal assistance robot for people with disabilities of upper limbs and pacemakers in the body. In the robot, ultrasonic motors are used because the motors do not generate an electromagnetic field. The robot is handled using acts of user's eyes so that the people can use it. Moreover, the vibration is small because the arms of our robot move independently of each other. In this paper, we introduce structure of our robot and show the advantage with experiment results.

Keywords: Meal assistance robot, ultrasonic motor, welfare equipment

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2011-1356

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 36, no. 1-2, pp. 177-181, 2011