Evaluation Methods for the Assist Suit and Agricultural Applications

JARQ : Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
書誌レコードID(総合目録DB) AA0068709X
本文フルテキスト
Labor-saving technology has seen developments as the farmer population ages in Japan, and one of them is the assist suit. The assist suit can be categorized into exoskeleton and supporter types based on whether it is rigid and into active and passive types based on whether it is powered. The evaluation methods of the assist suit can be broadly classified into biomechanical analysis, physiological evaluation, and psychological evaluation. JIS B 8456-1 provides a method for measuring the mechanical assistive force, which is a static force or torque, of the lumbar support type, and we developed a method for measuring the dynamic assistive force, which is a dynamic force or torque, as a method building on top of the JIS method. The assistive forces can be compared with the tolerance of the human joints to estimate the operational safety of the assist suit on a human. Lifting and transporting objects, holding a half-sit posture, and picking fruits are representative tasks expected to utilize the assist suit in agriculture. In Japan, falls are considered the most important hazard because farmers often work on uneven ground with poor footing surrounded by many obstacles.
刊行年月日
作成者 Masahiro TANAKA Xiaohan XIANG
著者キーワード exoskeleton farm work torque wearable robot
公開者 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
受付日 2024-01-11
受理日 2024-06-26
オンライン掲載日
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開始ページ 101
終了ページ 118
DOI 10.6090/jarq.23S20
言語 eng