Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Sungkyunkwan University

Postech Research and Business Development Foundation

Center of Human-centered Interaction for Coexistence

Keehoon Kim

Sang Rok Oh

Donghyun Hwang

Sehyuk Yim

Yong Seok Ihn

Jinwoo Jeong

Manbok Hong

Jinseok Kim

Min Kyu Kim

Sungwoo Park

Inchan Youn

Bum-Jae You

Sungwook Yang

Jong Woong Park

Ockchul Kim

Jun Uk Chu

Hyung Gon Shin

Namseon Jang

Byeongkyu Lim

Wan Kyun Chung

Kyung Su Park

Sung Hwa Choi

Sin-Jung Kim

Sinjung Kim

Disclosed is a multi-layer soft pneumatic actuator, including: a surface layer including driving protrusions formed on one surface; a first chamber layer stacked on the other surface of the surface layer and including a first chamber configured to partially overlap the driving protrusion; a second chamber layer stacked on a layer different from the first chamber layer on the other surface of the surface layer, including a second chamber having a partial region overlapping the driving protrusion and the first chamber; and an air line layer configured to inject air into each of the first chamber and the second chamber.

Multi-layered soft pneumatic actuator and robot mechanism including the same

The present disclosure relates to a cable-based force feedback control apparatus capable of automatically determining the unspecified number and positions of cable haptic apparatus and performing force feedback control based on the determination result and a control method for the apparatus. A force feedback control apparatus and a control method for the apparatus according to the present disclosure may freely change the number and positions of haptic modules, may be installed according to various screen sizes, and may automatically detect the number and positions of the haptic devices, thereby achieving scalability.

Force feedback control apparatus and control method for same

Provided is a forceps driving apparatus including a body, a gripper installed to be received in the body and formed to be open and closed, an opening and closing member rotatably installed in the body to press or release two sides of the gripper by rotation, an elastic member connected to one side of the opening and closing member to provide an elastic force to the opening and closing member, an actuator connected to the other side of the opening and closing member to rotate the opening and closing member by contraction or extension, and a force sensing module to measure a gripping force of the gripper during the rotation of the opening and closing member.

Forceps driver apparatus

A nerve cover for covering a nerve within a living body tissue to protect the nerve includes a base of a flat plate shape, and a pair of covers protruding upward the base to form a hole for receiving a nerve, with one end attached to the base and the other end spaced apart from the one end, wherein when the base is bent in an arch shape when viewed from a side, a spacing between the pair of covers is expanded. In addition, an apparatus for insertion of an electrode structure includes a nerve cover fixing part which fixes the nerve cover with the base being bent, and an electrode structure fixing part in which the electrode structure is mounted, and which linearly moves the mounted electrode structure in an insertion direction to insert the electrode structure into the nerve surrounded by the nerve cover.

Apparatus for insertion of nerve electrode structure

A robotic platform manipulating peripheral nerve system includes a manipulator and a recorder. The manipulator includes a rotating guide, a plurality of rotating movers and a plurality of manipulating units. The rotating guide has an opening portion through which the recorder records, and has a guide rail at a side. The rotating movers are combined with the rotating guide and move along the guide rail. The manipulating units are respectively fixed to the rotating movers, and a manipulating part performs the operation being connected to an end of each of the manipulating units.

Robotic platform manipulating peripeheral nerve system

Disclosed is a peripheral nerve fixing apparatus, which includes: a suction unit configured to provide a negative pressure to a peripheral nerve at an end portion thereof to fix the peripheral nerve; and a negative pressure generating unit having a vacuum pump for generating a negative pressure and connected to the suction unit so that the negative pressure is provided to the suction unit, wherein at one surface of the end portion of the suction unit, the suction unit includes: a fixing unit provided to contact the peripheral nerve to keep a stable fixed state; and a suction hole formed in the fixing unit so that the negative pressure is provided to the peripheral nerve therethrough.

Peripheral nerve fixing apparatus

Provided is a tactile transmission device, which includes a base unit forming one surface of the tactile transmission device, a tip-tilt elastic member stacked on the base unit and configured to transmit a tactile feel to a finger of a user in a first direction oriented upward from a bottom surface of the finger and a second direction intersecting the first direction at a predetermined angle, and a cover disposed at an upper side of the tip-tilt elastic member to form another surface of the tactile transmission device.

Tactile transmission device and user interface system including the same

An apparatus for inserting an electrode structure into nerve in tissue of a living body includes a nerve fixing part which fixes the nerve such that at least part of the nerve is hung thereon, and an electrode structure ejector on which the electrode structure is mounted, and which moves the electrode structure in insertion direction to insert the electrode structure into the fixed part of the nerve, wherein the nerve fixing part and the electrode structure ejector are disposed on the same axis.

Apparatus for insertion of nerve electrodes

A neural probe structure, which is fixed to a nerve to acquire an electrical signal from the nerve or apply electrical stimulation to the nerve, includes a body which is bent to enclose at least a part of circumference of the nerve, and a probe which extends longitudinally from the body and passes through the nerve, wherein the probe has electrodes. A neural probe assembly includes the neural probe structure, wherein the probe passes through the nerve and the body encloses at least a part of circumference of the nerve, so that the neural probe structure is fixed to the nerve.

Planar neural probe structure and its assembly structure for chronic implantation

An electrode structure inserting apparatus includes an electrode structure fixing unit to which the electrode structure is detachably fixed, and a vibration generator connected to the electrode structure fixing unit to vibrate the electrode structure fixing unit in an insertion direction of the electrode structure, and the electrode structure inserting apparatus inserts the invasive electrode structure into a nerve in a biological tissue.

Apparatus for invasive insertion of electrode structure

A tactile transmission device for transmitting a tactile sensation to a user's finger comprises: a ring-type body which is put on a finger; a moving member which is formed such that the moving member can move with respect to the body; and a plurality of wire-type actuators which are formed so as to come in contact with the moving member, wherein each of the wire-type actuators is a solid-state actuator which changes in length when energy is applied thereto, a force applied to the moving member as the plurality of wire-type actuators change in length causes the moving member to move with respect to the body, and a contact part formed in the moving member comes into contact with a user's finger according to a movement of the moving member, so as to transmit a tactile sensation to the user.

Tactile transmission device and user interface system having same

A nerve probe array has a connector made of a flexible material; and a plurality of probes coupled to the connector, each of the plurality of probe having an electrode formed at a body thereof. The plurality of probes are arranged with intervals in a length direction of the connector, and the connector surrounds an outer circumference of a nerve, and the plurality of probes pierce the outer circumference of the nerve and are inserted into the nerve.

Neural probe array of high performance and for minimized damage of neuron

A movement conversion apparatus has a frame, a plurality of auxiliary moving bodies connected to the frame to allow linear movement, a plurality of actuators configured to move the plurality of auxiliary moving bodies with respect to the frame, a main moving body surrounded by the plurality of auxiliary moving bodies and connected to the plurality of auxiliary moving bodies to have a hollow formed therein, and a rotating body rotatable on the basis of a rotary shaft fixed through the hollow. The plurality of auxiliary moving bodies are selectively moved to adjust a location of the main moving body. The rotating body is inserted into the hollow to rotate by a movement of the main moving body.

Apparatus for converting a plurality of linear movement into two degree of freedom movement

A wearable electromyogram sensor system is provided. The wearable electromyogram sensor system includes: an elastic band having a plurality of electrodes; an electromyogram sensor including an electrode connected to an electrode of the band so as to receive a bio-signal related to contraction of a muscle, and configured to sense a change of motion information through the bio-signal or previously sense the change of the motion information before the motion information is changed; and a fixing unit fixing the electromyogram sensor to the band. The electrode of the electromyogram sensor is connected to an electrode at an arbitrary position of the band.

Wearable electromyogram sensor system

An exoskeleton mechanism according to the present disclosure includes: a fixed frame positioned to correspond to an upper physique; a rotatable frame positioned to correspond to a lower physique and coupled to the fixed frame by a hinge unit to be rotatable in the vertical direction; a support frame for supporting a terminal; a first motor mounted to the fixed frame and connected to the rotatable frame to drive the rotatable frame to rotate in the vertical direction; motors mounted to the rotatable frame and connected to the support frame to drive the support frame to rotate in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction and rotate around an axis (roll axis) of the lower physique; links for connecting the first motor and the rotatable frame; and links for connecting the motors and the support frame.

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Keehoon Kim