Walk-Mate” - INFOMATION

“Walk-Mate”
Headphone
Walk-Mate
[Miyake & Tamura 1997,
Miyake et al. 1999, 2001]
Touch sensor
Walking Support System
Step sound
Walk-Mate
Head Phone
Foot Sensor
Step timing
Patient
Therapist
Human Walker
Virtual Robot
Patient-side
Therapist-side
Co-creation Process
Mutual Adaptation and Mutual Development
Sense of Togetherness
Unstable Walk
Global Stability
as a whole system
Stable Walk
Mutual Adaptation
between human and robot
Mutual Development
Start of Interaction
End of Interaction
(Miyake et al. 1999, 2001)
Clinical Test of “Walk-Mate”
GRP Research Center, Munich, Germany
Takamori-So, Atsugi, Japan