Development of Interface and Loading Assistance System for the Handicapped and the Elderly at Work Places

Development of Interface and Loading Assistance System for the Handicapped and the Elderly at Work Places

  In this paper, we present a robot system to assist the handicapped and the elderly at work places. The proposed system is based on the results of the mobile platform, robot arm, control and wireless communication systems previously developed for the fire-fighting robot. For this purpose, we carried out a survey to select the type and class of the handicapped to be assisted and decided the task for each class. In following, we perform the conceptual design of the robot system and manufacture the prototype robot system. Relying on field tests and modifications, we designed the first version of the robot system conceptually and planned to build the robot system.