Adaptative system for robotic telerehabilitation

• Grant number: 14/25828-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Adriano Almeida Gonçalves Siqueira
• Grantee: Leonardo Jose Consoni
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This master degree project deals with the development of an optimization system for robotic telerehabilitation. The main feature of the proposed system is an adaptive algorithm for adjusting the assistance level provided by the robot based on the performance and forces generated by the players during a cooperative game. In this kind of computational game, the players interact both visually and physically, by sensing, though indirectly through the robots, the forces held by the other player. The system will also be composed by an internet communication structure between two robotic rehabilitation devices and a cooperative computer game. Teleoperation control methods will be evaluated to ensure stability of the robotic systems even in the presence of delays. This project will follow the work carried out by the applicant in the area of game development for rehabilitation during his Scientific Initiation and his final graduation project, which resulted in four papers in scientific events (see file with description of academic, scientific and professional activities of the applicant). It will also follow the studies performed by the research group in the telerehabilitation area, started during the sabbatical year of the advisor in 2012 (FAPESP process No. 2011/10369-6) and followed by the master's thesis of Felipe Augusto Pires in 2014. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CONSONI, Leonardo Jose. Adaptable system for robotic telerehabilitation with serious games. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.