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Title: Development of assistive robot for limb disordered patient to support eating
Author: Hideaki Shimao, Yasuko Kawasaki
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology . Vol. 12, pp. 501-504 (August, 1997)
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
Hideaki Shimao (Department of Rehabilitation, Nishiwaki General Hospital)
Shimotoda 652-1, Nishiwaki
TEL:81-795-22-0111

Abstract:
An assistive robot to help patient, whose limbs are disordered, to eat food by themselves has been developed. This robot is composed of a table , a switch, a main body, a leg, an arm, and an ending part. The width, the length, and the height of the whole part are 60 cm, 45 cm, and 55 cm, respectively. And the height of the table is 10 cm. The arm is hold on the table via the axial leg. It moves horizontally and vertically, and rotates on the leg. The ending part of the robot has both a spoon and a knife. One can select spoon or knife by rotating the ending part, and he/she can spoon up, stick, grasp, pick up foods or drinks by controlling the robot with a mouth stick. Since the robot uses only simple and low cost material, the total cost was below 30,000 yen. It does not need special tools or knowledge.