Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA): a gait assistive and fall intervention robot for daily living.

ABSTRACT: Aging degrades the balance and locomotion ability due to frailty and pathological conditions. This demands balance rehabilitation and assistive technologies that help the affected population to regain mobility, independence, and improve their quality of life. While many overground gait rehabilitation and assistive robots exist in the market, none are designed to be used at home or in community settings. A device named Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA) is developed to address this problem. MRBA is a hybrid of a gait assistive robot and a powered wheelchair. When the user is walking around performing activities of daily living, the robot follows the person and provides support at the pelvic area in case of loss of balance. It can also be transformed into a wheelchair if the user wants

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature