It has come to my knowledge that, in Europe, strokes are the
most common cause of physical disability among the elderly. A group of
researchers from 6 nations came together to develop a robotic system specially
designed to assist the human body recover from a stroke. The name of the
project is called the CORBY'S Project and their ultimate goal is to create a
system to assist past and present patients with training, motivation and
walking.
A part of their project is the mobile robot assisted gait
rehabilitation system which involves physiological data such as a heart rate
and muscle activity measurements to help control the robot involved with the
rehabilitation.
The entire concept is based on assisting patients to move
his/her legs as if the stroke never happened. If a person suffers a stroke, the
area of the body may become partially paralysed; therefore, function of limbs
and body parts in that area of the body becomes useless. The robot has so many
levels and options available. First there is the learning mode then gradually
there is a corrective mode which is at the assistance of a physiotherapist. The
next step after that is the Parameter based adaptation which requires the
patient to wear a cap to measure brain activity. The robot then adapts to the
patient’s movements and then allows the patient the freedom to walk how they
want.
This is an excellent invention to help those who have
suffered a stroke. This is especially important in Europe as their number 1 form of disability is due to strokes. This robot will also play a major role in spreading awareness to
people all over the world that assistance is there if they wish to seek it and with the use of
this technology, patients will be able to regain use of their bodies as if
nothing happened.
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Kazrin Zaidi
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