Enhanced bimanual manipulation assistance with the Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA)

In this paper, we investigate the enhanced ability of manipulation with the newly developed Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA). PerMMA is a new assistive device that integrates bimanual manipulation with smart mobility to assist people with severe physical disabilities and enhance...

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Main Authors: Jijie Xu, Grindle, Garrett G, Salatin, Ben, Vazquez, Juan J, Hongwu Wang, Dan Ding, Cooper, Rory A
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Joints
Manipulators
Mobile communication
Mobile robots
Tracking
Wheelchairs
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Summary:In this paper, we investigate the enhanced ability of manipulation with the newly developed Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA). PerMMA is a new assistive device that integrates bimanual manipulation with smart mobility to assist people with severe physical disabilities and enhance their quality of lives. Different from the fixed mounting method used in most existing systems, a novel mounting system was designed on PerMMA to enhance its capability of manipulation assistance. With a workspace characterized by essential daily living tasks, we evaluated PerMMA's performance of manipulation using a comparative study between PerMMA and classic design, such as single arm and fixed mounting, used in most existing systems. Simulation results demonstrate significant improvements with PerMMA in both of its reachability and manipulability.
ISSN:2153-0858
2153-0866
DOI:10.1109/IROS.2010.5652775