Research Article
Children’s Rehabilitation with Humanoid Robots and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259273, author={Arzu Guneysu and Bert Arnrich and Cem Ersoy}, title={Children’s Rehabilitation with Humanoid Robots and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units}, proceedings={9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2015}, month={8}, keywords={wearable sensors human robot interaction rehabilitation}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259273} }- Arzu Guneysu
Bert Arnrich
Cem Ersoy
Year: 2015
Children’s Rehabilitation with Humanoid Robots and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259273
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to design a human computer interaction scheme for children in arm rehabilitation therapy. A humanoid robot demonstrates selected arm rehabilitation motions to children. Wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) are used to monitor children's movements in order to give them proper feedback during therapy and to evaluate the motion performance. Preliminary experiments are done with 5 therapy motions which were selected by physiotherapists. Each motion is related to a goal based functional activity in order to help children to understand and perform the motion easily. Data from children and physiotherapists are recorded and analyzed. It is observed how children accept the robot and the IMUs. Results of data analysis showed that therapy motions are related to specific quaternion axes.