Patent ID: 9662525
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61H,A63B,Y10S

Claim:
1. An upper limb rehabilitation robot for meal assistance, comprising: a sensing member adapted to be mounted and fixed to an upper limb of a user, the sensing member configured to detect and to capture a motion of an upper limb of the user, the sensing member including a first coupling member; a motion control unit electrically connected to the sensing member, the motion control unit configured to calculate a direction, a distance, an angle, a speed, and an auxiliary force associated with respective one of movements of the upper limb, calculation of the direction, distance, angle, speed, and auxiliary force being performed based on the motion detected and captured by the sensing member, the motion control unit further configured to generate and output a control signal according to the calculated direction, distance, angle, speed, and auxiliary force; and a multi joint robot including a second coupling member being coupled to an end of an arm, the first coupling member of the sensing member and the second coupling member being detachably coupled to each other using a magnetic force and a magnetic polarity of one of the first coupling member and the second coupling member is changed in response to detection of a value of sensor signal being equal to or greater than a threshold range value, wherein the multi-joint robot is configured to guide respective one of the movements of the upper limb to selectively move or rotate toward a food tray placed at a designated position of a table along an X-axis, a Y-axis, or a Z-axis by providing an assistance force to the upper limb.