Abstract:
A supporting module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same, the supporting module including a supporting frame including a sliding guide, a sliding joint configured to slide along the sliding guide, and an elastic module provided in the supporting frame, and configured to provide an elastic force to the sliding joint, are provided.
Abstract:
A driving module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same may be provided. For example, the driving module including a driving source provided on one side of a user and configured to transmit power, a power transmitting rotary body configured to rotate by the power transmitted from the driving source, and a first decelerator configured to transmit power between the driving source and the power transmitting rotary body, the first decelerator having an input side rotary body configured to receive power from the driving source, and an output side rotary body configured to transmit power to the power transmitting rotary body may be provided.
Abstract:
A supporting frame and a motion assistance apparatus including the same may be provided. In particular, the supporting frame including a first frame including a hinge connecting portion, a second frame configured to slidingly move with respect to the first frame, and an assistance force sensing portion on at least one of the first frame and the second frame may be provided.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a baby carrier having a seat disposed at an upper portion of a walking assistance robot such that the weight of a baby is supported by the floor while being distributed through the walking assistance robot, thereby significantly reducing a fatigue of a user generated when a baby is held in arms or carried on a back of the user.
Abstract:
A mobile robot configured to move on a ground. The mobile robot including a contact angle estimation unit estimating contact angles between wheels of the mobile robot and the ground and uncertainties associated with the contact angles, a traction force estimation unit estimating traction forces applied to the wheels and traction force uncertainties, a normal force estimation unit estimating normal forces applied to the wheels and normal force uncertainties, a friction coefficient estimation unit estimating friction coefficients between the wheels and the ground, a friction coefficient uncertainty estimation unit estimating friction coefficient uncertainties, and a controller determining the maximum friction coefficient from among the friction coefficients such that the maximum friction coefficient has an uncertainty less than a threshold and at a point of time when the torque applied to each of the wheels changes from an increasing state to a decreasing state, among the estimated friction coefficients.
Abstract:
A control method of a single-port surgical robot, the single-port surgical robot comprising a slave device including a surgical instrument provided with an elbow and an end effector, and a master device to control motion of the slave device may comprise setting a virtual incision port to an arbitrary position; setting an operating position of the end effector; calculating a target position of the elbow using the set position of the virtual incision port and the set operating position of the end effector; calculating a movement angle of each joint used to move the elbow using the calculated target position of the elbow; and/or calculating a movement angle of each joint used to move the end effector using the calculated target position of the elbow and the set operating position of the end effector.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring solubility includes: a display configured to display at least one patterned background image; an image obtaining sensor configured to obtain at least one transmission image formed by light from the at least one patterned background image being transmitted through a container accommodating a target sample, of which solubility is to be measured; and a processor configured to analyze a degree of dissolution of the target sample from the at least one transmission image based on at least one analysis algorithm.
Abstract:
A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
Abstract:
A driving module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same may be provided. For example, the driving module including a driving source disposed on one side of a user, and configured to provide power, a first decelerator including a first input terminal coupled to the driving source, and a first output terminal and a second output terminal configured to receive power from the first input terminal, a second decelerator including a second input terminal coupled to the first output terminal, and a third output terminal and a fourth output terminal configured to receive power from the second input terminal, and a third decelerator including a third input terminal coupled to the second output terminal, and a fifth output terminal and a sixth output terminal configured to receive power from the third input terminal may be provided.
Abstract:
A motion assistance apparatus including a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of a user, a distal support configured to support a distal part of the user, a rotating frame configured to connect to the distal support and simultaneously perform a translation and a rotation relative to the proximal support, a driving source configured to generate a rotational power, and a speed reducer configured to convert the rotational power generated from the driving source to a translational power and transfer the translational power to the rotating frame may be provided.