A MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM REHABILITATION SYSTEM HAVING A SMART FLUID-BASED, MULTI-MODE ACTUATOR

摘要

A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task- specific, repetitive, upper extremity/hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of -freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality- like environment.