Development of Gait Rehabilitation Robot for Persons Paralyzed Lower Limb

In recent years, gait rehabilitation robots have been developed to reduce the load on paralyzed patients and therapists. The purpose of this study is to design and develop a new gait rehabilitation robot "Akita Trainer" using FES in combination for right hemiplegic, left hemiplegic and paraplegic persons and verification of its control system. The problems of commercially available walking rehabilitation robots were identified, necessary elements were examined, and the items examined were reflected in the design. Then, we have developed main device bearing weight of orthosis, and exoskeleton frames with built-in actuators. In the verification of the control system, the operation of the control system for paraplegics was verified, and the reproducibility of the walking motion was different between the left and right. In the future, we will develop orthoses, complete the Akita Trainer, and verify the operation of that.