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Devices for assisting manipulation: a summary of user task priorities

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Stanger, C.A. Anglin, C. Harwin, W.S. Romilly, D.P.
Copyright Year	1993
Abstract	Currently, none of the commercially available rehabilitation robots are widely distributed among individuals with limited use of their arms and hands. Market success requires design that achieves an acceptable tradeoff between function, appearance, ease of use, reliability, and cost. User defined task priorities are an imperative consideration within the design as devices which fail a user's functionality requirement will never succeed in the market place. Consequently, this article reviews nine different task priority surveys conducted by seven institutions across England and North America which reflect the views of over 200 potential users of such technology. They include predevelopment questionnaires that focus on user task ability and anticipated use of an orthosis or rehabilitation robot, and postdevelopment surveys that investigate task functionality with a specific robot. The survey results indicate that a device must accommodate a wide range of object manipulation tasks in a variety of unstructured environments. Specific tasks which rated highly were picking things up from the floor or off a shelf and tasks associated with eating, personal hygiene, and leisure activities. The range of functional tasks implies that interdisciplinary design teams are required for "successful" rehabilitation robotic and orthotic device design.<>
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society
Starting Page	256
Ending Page	265
Page Count	10
File Size	1274914
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10636528
Volume Number	2
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-12-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Rehabilitation robotics Manipulators Orthotics Arm Cost function Robots North America Commercialization Injuries Neuromuscular
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Engineering

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