Wearable Robot Assisting Manual Tasks
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1. A robotic system, comprising:
- a robotic arm configured to be mounted to a wearer proximate to a shoulder of the wearer;
a sensor configured to sense motion of the wearer'"'"'s upper body and at least one of the wearer'"'"'s arms; and
a controller configured to detect a task being performed by the wearer based on the motion and to cause the robotic arm to perform an action independent of the motion and complementary to the task.
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Abstract
A wearable robotic system assists a wearer in performing manual tasks. One or more robotic arms are mounted to a wearer, and an sensor monitors the orientation(s) (e.g., position and movement) of the wearer'"'"'s upper body and one or both arms. A controller detects a task being performed by the wearer based on the orientation(s) as indicated by the orientation sensors. In response, the controller causes the robotic arm to perform an action independent of the orientation(s) of the wearer'"'"'s arms and complementary to the task, thereby aiding the wearer to accomplish the detected task.
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24 Claims
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1. A robotic system, comprising:
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a robotic arm configured to be mounted to a wearer proximate to a shoulder of the wearer; a sensor configured to sense motion of the wearer'"'"'s upper body and at least one of the wearer'"'"'s arms; and a controller configured to detect a task being performed by the wearer based on the motion and to cause the robotic arm to perform an action independent of the motion and complementary to the task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a robotic system, comprising:
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enabling a robotic arm to be backdriven by a user, the robotic arm being mounted to a wearer distinct from the user; recording representations of backdriven movement of the robotic arm by the user; recording representations of movement of the wearer concurrently with the representations of the backdriven movement; and generating a movement instruction for the robotic arm based on the recorded backdriven movement and recorded movement of the wearer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating a robotic system, comprising:
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sensing motion of a wearer'"'"'s upper body and at least one of the wearer'"'"'s arms, the wearer wearing a robotic arm proximate to the shoulder of the wearer; detecting a task being performed by the wearer based on the motion; and causing the robotic arm to perform an action independent of the motion and complementary to the task.
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instruction that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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sense motion of a wearer'"'"'s upper body and at least one of the wearer'"'"'s arms, the wearer wearing a robotic arm proximate to the shoulder of the wearer; detect a task being performed by the wearer based on the motion; and cause the robotic arm to perform an action independent of the motion and complementary to the task.
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