Wearable robots and control methods thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChang-Hyun ROH
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Abstract
A wearable robot may comprise: a robot unit including machinery configured to assist a wearer's muscular strength; at least one first sensor provided on the wearer's knees and configured to detect the wearer's motion of pressing the wearer's knees; and/or a controller configured to judge whether or not the wearer intends to stand up based on information detected using the at least one first sensor, and configured to transmit a control signal to assist corresponding muscular strength to the robot unit upon judging that the wearer intends to stand up.
Claims20
A wearable robot, comprising:
- a robot unit including machinery configured to assist a wearer's muscular strength;
- at least one first sensor provided on the wearer's knees and configured to detect the wearer's motion of pressing the wearer's knees;
- and
- a controller configured to judge whether or not the wearer intends to stand up based on information detected using the at least one first sensor, and configured to transmit a control signal to assist corresponding muscular strength to the robot unit upon judging that the wearer intends to stand up.
A control method of a wearable robot, the method comprising:
- judging whether or not pressure to a wearer's knees is detected;
- and
- judging that the wearer intends to stand up and developing assistance to corresponding muscular strength, upon judging that the pressure to the wearer's knees is detected.
A wearable robot assisting a wearer's muscular strength, configured to sense a wearer's intention to stand up by detecting pressure applied to the wearer's knees and to develop assistance to muscular strength corresponding to the sensed wearer's intention to stand up, the wearable robot comprising:
- a device configured to detect the pressure applied to the wearer's knees.
A robot, comprising:
- a structure configured to assist a wearer's muscular strength;
- at least one first sensor provided on or near one of the wearer's knees and configured to detect the wearer's motion of pressing on or near the one of the wearer's knees;
- and
- a controller configured to judge whether or not the wearer intends to stand up based on information detected using the at least one first sensor, and configured to transmit a control signal to assist corresponding muscular strength to the structure upon judging that the wearer intends to stand up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.