MiBOT: 人間のようなソフトマッサージで心血管反応を調整する頭部装着型ロボット
MiBOT: A head-worn robot that modulates cardiovascular responses through human-like soft massage
頭部に装着するマッサージロボットMiBOTを開発し、空気圧人工筋肉による静かな動作で人間のマッサージに似た触覚刺激を提供。被験者の血圧と心拍数を下げる効果を実証した。
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著者: Alice Mylaeus, Stephanie Vogt, Berken Utku Demirel, Marcel Gort, Mirko Meboldt, Manuel Meier, Christian Holz
分類: cs.RO, eess.SY
原文アブストラクト
Massage therapy is helpful for the rehabilitation of various diseases, such as headaches caused by migraines and stress. Existing robotic systems have focused on massage therapy on the torso and limbs, but performing massage motions through suitable actuation on a person's head has been a challenge. In this paper, we present MiBOT, a head-worn massage robot that actuates two soft tactors to produce touch motions mimicking human massage. A key design principle behind MiBOT is its silent actuation, which we achieve through pneumatic artificial muscles in conjunction with a controller loop to respond to contact pressure. We evaluated the effectiveness of MiBOT in a controlled study and assessed subjects' blood pressure and heart rate levels while applying MiBOT. We found that our mechanical system generated positive and conclusive quantitative outcomes that are similar to the human-administered massage, decreasing participants' mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 2.8 mmHg and 1.7 mmHg, respectively, as well as calming their heart rate by 8-10% on average.