Apply Human Factors in the Full Life Cycle Design of Wrist Rehabilitation Robot
摘要
Stroke patients often have upper limb dysfunction, and the wrist, critical for dexterity and daily life, needs targeted rehabilitation. Robot-assisted rehabilitation outperforms traditional therapist-led training as it avoids reliance on therapists’ experience/skills, offers personalized programs per patient, and logs full-cycle data to evaluate rehabilitation. Yet existing robots focus on arm movement, ignoring the wrist’s unique physiological and motor traits, and lack full-stage integration in structure, control, and interface. To solve these issues, this paper proposes the NPU-Wrist, a wrist rehabilitation robot integrating human factors and ergonomics, with a robot structure, control methods and interactive system. It adjusts to users’ hand, wrist, and forearm size, offering targeted training for patients in different rehabilitation stages (early, middle, late). A pilot study evaluated its usability, and results confirm its good ergonomics, comfort, and safety, satisfying personalized wrist rehabilitation needs.