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Brain-Computer Interface Modulated Based Virtual Reality Four-Limb Coordination  Exoskeleton Rehabilitation System

  As Taiwan enters into an aging society, the elderly who experience a stroke and limb dysfunction induced by cardiovascular disease and other factors face problems in maintaining daily routines, while their family and social programs encounter heavy burdens as well. The current literature on upper limb and lower limb rehabilitation training systems in the domain of rehabilitation engineering are relatively mature, but the combination of collaborative rehabilitation training of upper and lower limbs is a novel method with scant research findings at home and abroad. Therefore, in order to provide better assistance for early rehabilitation training of hemiplegic patients with a stroke, this study combines robot technology, motion intention recognition, fatigue estimation, rehabilitation evaluation, virtual reality, and adaptive interaction control of a man-machine interaction force in order to design the prototype of an exoskeleton system for collaborative rehabilitation of upper and lower limbs. The goal is to develop an exoskeleton system for coordinated rehabilitation of limbs based on virtual reality and provide a new rehabilitation method for patients. This project first develops a cooperative rehabilitation exoskeleton system for four-limb based on the theory of rehabilitation medicine. Secondly, linear extended state observer (LESO) is introduced into the design of proxy-based sliding-mode control (PSMC). Solve the problem that the original PSMC lacks stability analysis or relies on strong conjecture, and apply the PSMC based on the line expansion state observer to the four-limb collaborative rehabilitation exoskeleton system to control the body weight support system four-limb exoskeleton. Realize active safety control of cooperative passive rehabilitation of limbs. Finally, according to the experimental plan approved by the IRB, the developed system and the PSMC based on the line extension state observer were tested and verified by healthy subjects. The experimental results show that each control system operates stably and has active safety performance. In rehabilitation effectiveness evaluation, this project uses self-developed foot pressure insoles and detection software, combined with a surface electromyogram system to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation training with multi-source information fusion. The limbs collaborative rehabilitation exoskeleton system developed by this project based on virtual reality has obtained the invention patent of the Republic of China (I728582). A sure foundation has been laid for the project results to enter clinical testing, and it is expected to provide better early gait rehabilitation training for patients with hemiplegia.

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       在復健工程領域對上肢和下肢復健機器人的研究相對成熟,但是結合上下肢的協同復健是比較新穎的方式。為輔助中風偏癱患者進行早期復健治,本研究基於大腦可塑性與運動神經耦合理論,研製一款基於虛擬實境之上下肢協同復健外骨骼系統。本計畫首先依據復健醫學理論研製上下肢協同復健外骨骼系統,其次將線性擴張狀態觀測器(linear extended state observer, LESO)引入代理滑模控制(proxy-based sliding-mode control, PSMC)的設計中,解決原始PSMC缺乏穩定性分析或依賴於強猜想(strong conjecture)的問題,並將基於線擴展狀態觀察器之PSMC應用在上下肢協同復健外骨骼系統的主動減重及上下肢外骨骼的控制上,實現四肢協同被動復健的主動安全控制,最後依據IRB核准的實驗計畫,以健康的受測者對研製的系統及基於線擴展狀態觀察器之PSMC進行實驗驗證,實驗結果顯示,各個控制系統運行穩定並具備主動安全性能,而且該系統已獲得中華民國發明專利,對計畫成果進入臨床測試已奠定一定的基礎,有望為偏癱患者提供更好的早期步態復健訓練。

Exoskeleton

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Hip joint

drive module

Active assistance;

Sagittal plane

Knee joint
drive module

Active assistance;

Sagittal plane

Thigh adjustment

mechanism

Shank adjustment
mechanism

Ankle joint

Free rotation;
Constrained to
sagittal plane

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Shoulder joint

drive module

Elbow joint
drive module

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Adjustment

mechanism

Adjustment

mechanism

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VR技術

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表面肌電(EMG) | 足壓分佈量測

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Achievements

  1. 獲科技部控制學門優秀年輕學者研究計畫補助

  2. 2022 臺灣創新技術博覽會發明競賽 - 金牌獎

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