Design of an integrated body motion training platform
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-471902023-03-11T17:16:38Z Design of an integrated body motion training platform Yee Mon Aung. Chen I-Ming School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering 78 p. People depend on feedback perceived from an instructor during the learning of a new motor skill. Vibrotactile feedback systems will be a new method for motor learning in autonomous way which has not been done previously. In this project, a motion indicator which is made up of three tactors and a 3 DOF orientation sensor will capture the motion of the user and produce the necessary tactile sense feedback to the user as a body motion training platform. This motion indicator can be placed around the forearm of the user for orientation movements. Two wearable forearm bandage strap designs are proposed in this project. Design 1 consists of thin fabric stretchable bandage strap, elastic rubber string and fabric tactor holder while Design 2 is made up of thick flexible rubber as a bandage strap, teflon tactor holder and water-proof fabric as a cover for whole device. Comparing the two proposed designs, Design 1 is more favorable than Design 2 due to its simplicity, flexibility, light weight and low cost. Therefore, Design 1 was fabricated for usability test. The tests were carried out on ten human subjects for two different tests: single axial rotation, 3-tactor pattern, 3D instructed test and single axial rotation, 4-tactor pattern, 2D instructed test. Single axial rotation, 3-tactor pattern, 3D instructed test is to send the feedback to subjects by using 3 tactors. These 3 tactors were worn on the user's forearm. Each of the tactor provides different vibration patterns along the x/y/z axis which is also known as pitch, yaw and roll movements. The vibration strength of the 3-tactor pattern can be controlled. Single axial rotation, 4-tactor pattern, 2D instructed test consists of 4 factors which can provide the feedback and worn around the forearm. It also provides the different vibration patterns along the x/y/z axis by up, down, left and right movements. 4-tactor pattern will provide on-off signal only. Both of the tests had been carried out with Design 1 which is a thin fabric stretchable bandage strap. From the collected data, promising results were attained with both methods. The choice of testing methods will be dependent upon user and its applications. In any of these testing methods, selected Design 1, which is a thin fabric stretchable bandage strap,provides the response time within prediction. Master of Science (Biomedical Engineering) 2011-12-27T06:34:20Z 2011-12-27T06:34:20Z 2010 2010 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47190 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
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