Study on a Practical Robotic Follower to Support Daily Life - Mobile Robot Development for Home Oxygen Therapy Patients with the “Hyper Tether” -

Masatsugu Iribe^, Hideaki Matsuda^, Hiroyuki Aizawa^,
Gen Endo^, and Toshio Takubo^

^*Osaka Electro-Communication University, 18-8 Hatsu-cho, Neyagawa, Osaka 572-8530, Japan

^**Tokyo Institute of Technology, I1-60, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan

^***Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan

Received:

September 30, 2010

Accepted:

January 10, 2011

Published:

April 20, 2011

Keywords:

robotic follower, hyper-tether, home oxygen therapy, oxygen tank

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a practical robotic follower adopting the hyper-tether concept to support the daily lives of the patients undergoing home-oxygen therapy. For this, we developed a prototype for user testing and verified its effectiveness in an evaluation conducted in a real environment.

Cite this article as:

M. Iribe, H. Matsuda, H. Aizawa, G. Endo, and T. Takubo, “Study on a Practical Robotic Follower to Support Daily Life - Mobile Robot Development for Home Oxygen Therapy Patients with the “Hyper Tether” -,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.23 No.2, pp. 316-323, 2011.

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Study on a Practical Robotic Follower to Support Daily Life - Mobile Robot Development for Home Oxygen Therapy Patients with the “Hyper Tether” -

Masatsugu Iribe*, Hideaki Matsuda*, Hiroyuki Aizawa*, Gen Endo**, and Toshio Takubo***

Masatsugu Iribe^, Hideaki Matsuda^, Hiroyuki Aizawa^,
Gen Endo^, and Toshio Takubo^