NDLI: Study on life-supporting balloon walking and jumping robots for the elderly and children

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Toyoda, N. Nishida, M.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Kanto-gakuin Univ., Yokohama, Japan (Nishida, M.) \|\| Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan (Toyoda, N.)
Abstract	Nowadays, many kinds of life-supporting robots are currently being developed for a wide range of users, particularly the elderly; however, to enhance their performance, such robots have inescapably become large and heavy. Unfortunately, their huge size and weight are factors invoking a sense of fear in users (mental reason) and hindering users' daily activities inside their small house (physical reason). To spread of the use of life-supporting robots into standard Japanese homes, we therefore created two types of compact and lightweight buoyancy-based mobile balloon robots. The first is a balloon walking robot that can provide humorous and slow movements on two legs for younger sedentary children. The other is a balloon jumping robot that can move around the house for active children and elderly users. Based on the results of the previous questionnaire survey, we composed the two prototype robots using a balloon filled with helium and motion mechanisms. In this paper, we show the design concepts, mechanisms, and properties of these new life-supporting balloon-mobile robots. In addition, a field study conducted in both a nursery school and a care facility has shown that these robots have significant potential for use as communication and therapy robots in terms of their attractive appearance and feather-like motion.
Sponsorship	IEEE Ind. Electron. Soc.
Starting Page	294
Ending Page	299
File Size	578525
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781479926251
DOI	10.1109/SII.2013.6776714
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-12-15
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Legged locomotion Actuators Senior citizens Robot sensing systems Educational institutions Helium
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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