The "Beam-Me-In Strategy" - remote haptic therapist-patient interaction with two exoskeletons for stroke therapy.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Published Date: Jul 12, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We present a robot-assisted telerehabilitation system that allows for haptic interaction between therapist and patient over distance. It consists of two arm therapy robots. Attached to one robot the therapists can feel on their own arm the limitations of the patient's arm which is attached to the other robot. Due to the exoskeleton structure of the robot, movements can be performed in the three-dimensional space.

Authors

  • Kilian Baur
    Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 1, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland. kilian.baur@hest.ethz.ch.
  • Nina Rohrbach
    Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, (TU Munich), Munich, Germany, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60-62/III, Munich, 80992, Germany.
  • Joachim Hermsdörfer
    Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, (TU Munich), Munich, Germany, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60-62/III, Munich, 80992, Germany.
  • Robert Riener
    Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Verena Klamroth-Marganska
    Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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