SRAR

SRAR. Soft Robotics for Ankle Rehabilitation

Main researcher: D. Copaci D. Blanco

Description

SRAR – Soft Robotics for Ankle Rehabilitation

SRAR – Robótica blanda para la rehabilitación del tobillo

The SRAR project aims to design a soft robotics platform for ankle rehabilitation in the initial phases of therapy for patients who have suffered a stroke. The primary objective of the SRAR project is to provide a cost-effective, portable, and comfortable platform to assist physical therapists. This approach is expected to result in health benefits, reduced rehabilitation periods, and cost mitigation for healthcare systems. To ensure anatomical compatibility with the complex ankle joint and maximize user comfort during rehabilitation tasks, SRAR aims to minimize rigid components in the robotic platform. This involves integrating novel soft actuators (SMA-based), mechanisms with variable stiffness, and textile sensor technologies into an ankle exoskeleton capable of performing smooth movements while ensuring safe interaction with patients. The solution will offer two different operating modes: passive rehabilitation therapy and active rehabilitation. In active mode, therapy involves the patient participating in the control loop, using electromyography (EMG) signals to detect movement intentions and angular or torque positions.

Jesús Tornero and Natacha León, from the Center for Clinical Neuroscience-Hospital Los Madroños, collaborate on the SRAR project as rehabilitation healthcare specialists.

Entries:
Diseño y simulación de un actuador de rigidez variable
Anales de Ingeniería Mecánica: Revista de la Asociación Española de Ingeniería Mecánica; ISSN: 0212-5072. num. 18 , vol. 1 , pages: 154 – 161 , 2012
A. Gimenez A. Jardon López, J. García, D.
Task-Oriented Kinematic Design of a Symmetric Assistive Climbing Robot
Short paper, IEEE Transactions on Robotics. num. 6 , vol. 27 , pages: 1132 – 1137 , 2011
M.F. Stoelen F. Bonsignorio A. Jardon

Entries:
Sensorless Friction and Gravity Compensation
IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2014), 2014, Madrid, Spain
S. Morante Juan G. Victores S. Martinez
Diseño Preliminar de Interfaces de Realidad Aumentada para el Robot Asistencial ASIBOT
V Congreso Internacional de Diseño, Redes de Investigación y Tecnología para todos (DRT4ALL), 2013, MADRID, Spain
F. Rodriguez Juan G. Victores A. Jardon
Benchmarking Shared Control for Assistive Manipulators: From Controllability to the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal
M.F. Stoelen F. Bonsignorio A. Jardon
Experimental evaluation of assistive robots in virtual domestic scenarios
International Symposium for Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC/Gerontechnology 2012). Vol. 11. Num. 2, 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
A. Jardon Juan G. Victores M.F. Stoelen S. Martinez
SULTAN: Simultaneous User Learning and Task Execution, and its Application in Assistive Robotics
Workshop on New and Emerging Technologies in Assistive Robotics at IROS 2011., 2011, San Francisco, United States
A. Jardon C.A. Monje F. Bonsignorio M.F. Stoelen S. Martinez Juan G. Victores

Entries:

Entries:
ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, Advances in Robotics, Vol.1, Part III
chapter: Assistive Robot Multi-modal Interaction with Augmented 3D Vision and Dialogue pages: 209 – 217. Springer International Publishing Madrid (Spain) , ISBN: 9783319034126, 2014
Juan G. Victores F. Rodriguez S. Morante A. Jardon
ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, Advances in Robotics, Vol.2
chapter: A Review of Eight Years of CEABOT Contest: A National Wide Mini Humanoids Competition pages: 41 – 52. Springer International Publishing , ISBN: 9783319036526, 2014
A. Jardon F. Rodriguez Juan G. Victores S. Martinez
Grasping in Robotics
chapter: A survey on different control techniques for grasping pages: 223 – 246. SPRINGER NETHERLANDS EDITORIAL , ISBN: 978-3-540-71363, 2013
R. Cabas A. Gimenez S. Martinez A. Jardon
CLIMBING AND WALKING ROBOTS
chapter: A PORTABLE LIGHT-WEIGHT CLIMBING ROBOT FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS pages: 961 – 968. CLAWAR 05 , ISBN: 978-3-540-26413, 2006
A. Gimenez A. Jardon

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