Rehabilitation and Welfare Robotics: An Intelligent Bed Robot System

Abstract

An Intelligent Bed Robot System (IBRS) to help the bed-ridden elderly and disabled lead more independent lives is proposed. The IBRS is a special bed equipped with two robot arms and an array of pressure sensors attached onto the mattress. The pressure distribution on the mattress is used to estimate the pose of the patient, and appropriate assistance is provided by the robot arms.