Pneumo-tronic Perturbator for the Study of Human Postural Responses

Daniela Maffiodo; Walter Franco; Carlo De Benedictis; Maria Paterna; Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo; Silvestro Roatta; Carlo Ferraresi; Zeevi Dvir

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-19648-6_43

Pneumo-tronic Perturbator for the Study of Human Postural Responses

Daniela Maffiodo, Walter Franco, Carlo De Benedictis, Maria Paterna, Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo, Silvestro Roatta, Carlo Ferraresi^*, Zeevi Dvir

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Abstract

This paper describes the design and operational principles of a device that imparts a well-controlled mechanical force or impulse, a so-called perturbation, to a pre-selected point on the surface of the human body. This perturbator will be integrated within a system aimed at measuring and evaluating human postural reaction in a clinically meaningful way. The ease of use and versatility of the device renders it suitable for manual operation but it can also be integrated in a robotized system. The hardware, control law and characterization of the perturbator are presented. Preliminary results indicate that the device is able to generate repeatable perturbations with characteristics appropriate to the intended application. Further improvements are discussed and proposed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region RAAD 2019
Editors	Karsten Berns, Daniel Görges
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	374-383
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030196479
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19648-6_43
State	Published - 2020
Event	28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2019 - Kaiserslautern, Germany Duration: 19 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	980
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

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Conference	28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kaiserslautern
Period	19/06/19 → 21/06/19

Keywords

Human balance
Human response
Perturbation
Pneumatic actuation
Postural control analysis

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Maffiodo, D., Franco, W., De Benedictis, C., Paterna, M., Muscolo, G. G., Roatta, S., Ferraresi, C., & Dvir, Z. (2020). Pneumo-tronic Perturbator for the Study of Human Postural Responses. In K. Berns, & D. Görges (Eds.), Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region RAAD 2019 (pp. 374-383). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 980). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19648-6_43

Maffiodo, Daniela ; Franco, Walter ; De Benedictis, Carlo et al. / Pneumo-tronic Perturbator for the Study of Human Postural Responses. Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region RAAD 2019. editor / Karsten Berns ; Daniel Görges. Springer Verlag, 2020. pp. 374-383 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Pneumo-tronic Perturbator for the Study of Human Postural Responses. / Maffiodo, Daniela; Franco, Walter; De Benedictis, Carlo et al.
Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region RAAD 2019. ed. / Karsten Berns; Daniel Görges. Springer Verlag, 2020. p. 374-383 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 980).

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