Prototype design of a wire-driven supernumerary robotic limb for daily life and feasibility tests

  • Kido Shohei
    Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
  • Kobayashi Jun
    Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

Abstract

This paper proposes a wire-driven supernumerary robotic limb (SRL) that can work closely with a person like an extra arm. The SRL is attached to their body and assists the person in doing activities for daily life. Wire-driven mechanism was adopted for the SRL to secure the safety of the user and make the weight light. The authors designed and built a prototype of the wire-driven SRL and conducted experiments to confirm the feasibility of posture coordination by wires.

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