Operating Feeling of Wearable Robot and the Application to Control System Design.

Accession number;02A0233720
Title;Operating Feeling of Wearable Robot and the Application to Control System Design.
Author; KANAMORI NAOKI (Univ. of Electro-Communications) TANAKA TAKAYUKI (Univ. of Electro-Communications) TANAKA KAZUO (Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Journal Title;Joho Shori Gakkai Kenkyu Hokoku
Journal Code:Z0031B
ISSN:0919-6072
VOL.2002;NO.3(DBS-126);PAGE.31-33(2002)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.3, TBL.5, REF.2
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;This paper addresses subjective evaluation for operating feeling in a wearable robot. The NASA-TLX method, which is mental workload index analysis, is employed to investigate operating feeling for various impedance parameters and task parameters. The result shows the existence of three patterns of human operation. The patterns correspond to viscosity-based operation, restoring force-based operation and inertia-based operation, respectively. We verify the existence of three patterns by analyzing force sensor data. Furthermore, the verification of three pattern classification is also investigated by the semantic differential method and factor analysis. (author abst.)