Robot rehabilitation system

Project acronym: REHAROB
Full title: Supporting Rehabilitation of Disabled Using Industrial Robots for Upper Limb Motion Therapy
Duration: 1 January 2000. – 30 June 2003
Coordinator: BME Department of Applied Mechanics and Department of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Summary of the project:
More physiotherapists are needed worldwide than at service. It takes a long time to learn and gain experience in physiotherapy. Using robots aims to help the work of the physiotherapists, their work is more effective, their capacity is manifolded.
The physiotherapist teach in the robots a series of exercises, than the robots will play back individual physiotherapy program any times and intervals.

Roles in the project:
Our roles in the project were the development, design, production and implementation of a modular system robot structure. The construction includes the storage of the control cabinets, their sound proofing, the controlling PC and the display unit.
Hospitals and rehabilitation centers are not able to install and move those heavy steel constructions so the modules should be planned to be manhandled.