Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Sungkyunkwan University

Samsung Corporation

Sang Rok Oh

Keehoon Kim

Donghyun Hwang

Sehyuk Yim

Yong Seok Ihn

Jinwoo Jeong

Bum Jae You

Jung Min Park

Sungwook Yang

Namseon Jang

Sang Heon Lee

Junghwan Lee

Sungwoo Park

Jinseok Kim

Yong Beom Lee

Inchan Youn

Young Jo Cho

Chu Won Nho

Jong Woong Park

Junsik Kim

Myung Suk Kim

Ockchul Kim

Hee Ju Lee

Song Joo Lee

Jun Uk Chu

Sungon Lee

Sangsoo Park

Kil Choo Moon

Sung On Lee

Seok Ho Kim

Jun Woo Kim

Song Soo Han

Sinjung Kim

Dulamjav Batsuren

Sam Yong Chung

Mee Seub Lim

Kyung Su Park

Sung Hwa Choi

The apparatus for evaluating force control ability according to an embodiment includes: a display unit configured to display a target force direction; a measuring unit configured to measure a direction and magnitude of a force applied by a user; and a processing unit configured to evaluate force control ability of the user by comparing the measured force direction with the target force direction and comparing the measured force magnitude with a predetermined reference force magnitude.

Apparatus and method for evaluating force control ability of upper limb and prosthesis

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

Provided is a tele-operated forceps-driver variable stiffness master device including a master member to generate an input displacement signal generated by pressing with a user's finger, and a slave member to operate based on the input displacement signal, measure operation information, calculate a gripping force based on the operation information, and provide the master member with at least one of a stiffness change command signal or a force feedback based on the calculated gripping force.

Tele-operated forceps-driver variable stiffness master device

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

Provided are a composition includingextract for treating wound, a method of treating wound of a subject, a cosmetic composition for wound improving, skin wrinkle improving, or skin anti-aging, and a method of cosmeticizing for wound improving, skin wrinkle improving, or skin anti-aging.

Composition for wound treatment containing extract ofor fraction thereof and method for treating wound of subject

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

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 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

The virtual model control system has an input device configured to provide input information for formation, movement or transformation of a virtual model; a control device configured to form the virtual model based on the input information received from the input device, move or transform the virtual model, form a plurality of physical particles at the virtual model, form contact point information therefor, and move the plurality of physical particles to update the contact point information; an output device configured to output the virtual model to the outside. When the plurality of physical particles penetrates into another virtual model in the virtual space, the control devices update the contact point information so that the penetrating physical particles are rearranged at an outer side of the another virtual model.

Method and system for controlling virtual model formed in virtual space

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 robot control system includes a detecting device configured to detect an obstacle, and a control device configured to control a robot by planning a driving path of the robot. The control device generates a road map space including nodes containing information about a state of the robot and edges connecting the nodes. Also, the control device checks whether the obstacle detected by the detecting device overlaps with the nodes, removes an overlapped node, generates a driving path by sampling remaining nodes and edges, and checks whether the edges of the driving path overlap with the obstacle. When there is no overlapped edge, the control device determines the driving path on the road map space to plan a path along which the robot drives without colliding with the obstacle.

Robot control system and method for planning driving path of robot

Disclosed is a vibration generating method includes providing a vibration generating device which receives a driving power and generates a vibration, and controlling vibration of a vibrator of the vibration generating device, wherein the vibration of the vibrator is controlled by systematizing an inertia matrix and a stiffness matrix of the vibrator, and wherein the inertia matrix and the stiffness matrix simultaneously satisfy diagonalization. A vibration generating device using this method is also disclosed.

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Sang Rok Oh