Industrial Technology Research Institute

Free Bionics Taiwan Inc.

Taiwan Surgical Corporation

Ming-Chang Teng

Yi-Jeng Tsai

Ming-Chi Chen

Wen-Hung Feng

Hsiang-Nien Chung

Chin-Chi Hsiao

Cheng-Hua Wu

Ching-Yi Kuo

Yueh-Ju Pu

Cheng-Jien Chen

Ting-Yun Wang

Yu-Na Hsieh

Yi-Zheng Wu

One-Der Long

Chia-En Huang

Kuan-chun Sun

The present disclosure provides an assistive device and a control method thereof. The assistive device is adjustable for fitting different user. The control method of the assistive device is used for aiding user with moving and training.

Assistive device and control method thereof

An exoskeleton robot comprises a waist assembly and a leg assembly. The waist assembly includes a first frame, a plate and a second frame. The first frame includes a rail and a slider inside the rail. The plate is fixed by a first bolt screwed into the slider. The second frame is connected to the plate. The second frame having a slot and a second bolt inside the slot. The leg assembly is installed to the second frame by the second bolt. By loosening the bolts, a user can move the leg assembly in two directions of the rail and the slot without the requirement for detaching the bolts.

Exoskeleton robot

The present invention discloses a shoe assembly for a walking assist device. The shoe assembly includes a shoe pad, and a shoe cover on the shoe pad. The shoe cover includes a recessed portion to accommodate a first portion of a side plate connected between the shoe cover and a shank stand of the walking assist device, and includes a support plate on the shoe pad to fulcrum a second portion of the side plate. The second portion covers the recessed portion while the first portion is held in the recessed portion.

Shoe assembly for a walking assist device

An adjusting assembly for an exoskeleton robot. The adjusting assembly includes a first plate, a second plate pivotably connected to the first plate via a first shaft, and a second shaft. The first plate includes at least one pin aligned with each other in a first direction. The second shaft, extending in parallel with the first shaft in the first direction, includes a body and at least one recess. The second shaft is configured to rotate to a first position to accommodate the at least one pin in the at least one recess, and to a second position to release the at least one pin from the at least one recess. At the first position the second plate is blocked from rotation about the first shaft by the body. At the second position the second plate is allowed to rotate about the first shaft.

Adjusting assembly and exoskeleton robot comprising the same

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an exoskeleton robot. The method comprises checking that a first signal is triggered by a first button, checking a tilt angle after the first signal is triggered, setting an action based on the tilt angle, and executing the action to move the exoskeleton robot. The first signal indicates to change the exoskeleton robot from a standing posture to another posture, and the tilt angle is a leaning-forward angle of a waist assembly of the exoskeleton robot relative to a line vertical to ground. The method utilizes the tilt angle to judge the intent of the user, and thus can simplify the controlling buttons to one or two buttons. Further, the controlling method also monitors the tilt angle to choose a suitable action.

Exoskeleton robot and controlling method for exoskeleton robot

A valve mechanism for a suction instrument or an irrigation instrument includes a valve object; a first piston moveably disposed in the valve object; a second piston moveably disposed in the valve object; and a piston buckling unit pivoting on an outside of the valve object. When the first piston is pressed, the first piston moves downward, and a first buckle on the first piston is fixed on a third buckle of the piston buckling unit to open an irrigating pathway. When the second piston is pressed, the second piston moves downward, and a second buckle on the second piston is fixed on another third buckle of the piston buckling unit to open a suction pathway.

Valve mechanism for suction and irrigation instruments

A walking assist device including a waist assembly and at least one leg assembly connected to the waist assembly is provided. The leg assembly includes a thigh stand, a shank stand, a sole, a hip joint, a knee joint and an ankle joint. The hip joint is pivoted to the thigh. The knee joint is pivoted to the thigh stand and connected to the shank stand. The ankle joint includes at least a flexible plate and an elastic member. The flexible plate includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is pivoted to the shank stand directly or indirectly, the second end is connected to the sole, and the elastic member presses the first end of the flexible plate.

Walking assist device

A differential-velocity driving device and a mechanical arm to which the differential-velocity driving device is applied are provided. The differential-velocity driving device includes a first rotary driving element, a first transmission gear connected to the first rotary driving element, a second rotary driving element, a second transmission gear connected to the second rotary driving element, a fixing member connected to the first rotary driving element and the second rotary driving element such that the first rotary driving element does not move or rotate with respect to the second rotary driving element, a power output gear engaged with the first transmission gear and the second transmission gear, and an output shaft passing through an axle center of the power output gear and being coaxial with the axle center.

Differential-velocity driving device and mechanical arm to which the differential-velocity driving device is applied

An intelligent pet-feeding device is disclosed, which comprises: a frame, configured with at least one opening; a storage tank, for storing at least one kind of food while enabling each kind of food to be transported out of the frame from it corresponding opening; a communication module, capable of performing a wireless communication with an operator at a remote end; an imaging module, for capturing images and thus generating image signals accordingly; an audio transceiver module, for receiving and transmitting audio signals; and a central processing unit, electrically connected to the communication module, the imaging module and the audio transceiver module for processing signals received thereby and generated therefrom.

Intelligent pet-feeding device

A joint device includes a rotary shaft, two fixing members, two driving members, two transmission gears, and a link gear. The two driving members are respectively fixed to the two fixing members, and the two fixing members are pivoted to each other through the rotary shaft. The two driving members are respectively connected to and drive the two transmission gears. The link gear is pivoted to the rotary shaft and engaged with the two transmission gears respectively, so that the two driving members are in a transmission relation. The joint device adopts the combination of dual driving members and gear sets, thereby achieving the high reactivity and high load function.

Joint device and control method thereof

A workstation including a workstation body, a horizontal omni-directional moving carrier, a sensor mechanism, a grabbing device, and a control unit is provided. The horizontal omni-directional moving carrier carries the workstation body. The sensor mechanism includes an oscillating bar and a plurality of electrodes. The oscillating bar pivoted on the workstation body leans against an autonomous mobile device when the device enters the workstation. The electrodes, disposed on the oscillating bar, electrically connect the autonomous mobile device when the oscillating bar leans against the autonomous mobile device. The grabbing device is disposed on the workstation body. The control unit is electrically connected to the electrodes and the grabbing device. When the oscillating bar leans against the autonomous mobile device, the control unit receives a signal from the electrodes and drives the grabbing device to grab the autonomous mobile device, such that the workstation body aligns with the autonomous mobile device.

Workstation

A discharge apparatus for a two-stage injection molding machine, includes a check shaft seat having a runner, and disposed between a feeding portion and an injection portion of the two-stage injection molding machine, for allowing a plastic material in the feeding portion to enter the injection portion via the runner; at least one check shaft disposed in the check shaft seat, and for opening and closing the runner via movement of the check shaft; at least one cover provided at a side of the check shaft seat, and having at least one discharge hole for discharging residues of the plastic material between the check shaft seat and the check shaft; and at least one adjustable unit for adjusting a discharge speed of the residues of the plastic material. The discharge hole and the adjustable unit can prevent locking of the check shaft and pollution from degraded residues of plastic material.

Discharge apparatus for two-stage injection molding machine

A nozzle contact device of an injection machine has an injection device, a nozzle, a flexible body, a tension buffer device and a tension-measuring device. The nozzle is installed a front side of the injection device. The flexible body is used to drive the injection device to contact or separate from a mold. The tension buffer device is installed at a lateral side of the flexible body, and has an elastic body for receiving tension from the flexible body and decomposing the tension to form a component force and a displacement. The tension-measuring device is used to measure the displacement of the tension buffer device and deciding a contact force between the nozzle and the mold.

Nozzle contact device of an injection machine

A two-stage injection molding machine having a pressure sensor device is proposed. The two-stage injection molding machine includes an injection part having an injection cylinder, a driving unit, and an injection rod installed in the injection cylinder; a metering part for feeding plastic material to the injection cylinder of the injection part; and a loadcell installed between the injection rod and the driving unit, wherein pressures in the injection cylinder during the feed metering, injection, and packing processes are detected via the loadcell and the pressure sensor rod. As a result, an accurate pressure feedback control is implemented to achieve high precision injection molding quality. And with the two-stage injection molding machine having such a simple structural design, occurrence of signal distortion and delayed response is prevented.

Two stage injection molding machine having pressure sensor device

A clamping device for injection molding machine is proposed. The clamping device has a movable mold holder, a guiding unit, a screw rod unit, a transmission unit, a first clamping unit, and a second clamping unit. Power from the driving source is transmitted via the transmission unit to the screw rod unit, so as to drive the movable mold holder to move in reciprocating motion. When the mold is actuated to close, the first clamping unit engages to a gear wheel member of the screw rod unit. The gear wheel member and the first clamping unit are driven by the second clamping unit to move for generating a rotational torque, and to drive the screw rod unit for generating a clamping thrust.

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Ming-Chang Teng