Evry Cedex 3 Rehabilitation Hospital of Garches H pital Raymond Poincar 104, Bd. The aim of our research work is to favor the accessibility and the adaptation of assistive devices based on new technologies for people with severe motor impairment. Our aim is to improve the learning environment of the Manus. This paper describes a new approach based on a quantitative evaluation of the user activity when using a Manus robot to perform daily living tasks and the improvement developed to favor the use of Manus robot at home. The main objective and final outcome of our project is the integration of a reliable and friendly arm robot mounted on a wheelchair at home of severely disabled people that lost the faculty to use own arm to perform daily living tasks.
Audio feedback is used to facilitate motor learning.
Manus II The Manus II robot is an evolution of Manus I, with improved design, hardware and software. Manus is mounted on an electrical wheelchair. The original keypad of the Manus is connected to the Manus control box via a PC based interface. The on-line recording of the commands permit to quantify the user action and then to get precise numerical data during the learning phase or during skilled use of the Manus. Several positions have been implemented and allow the user to reach an object by choosing the nearest pre-defined position.