Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University

Sin Ung Kwak

Jin Hwan Lee

Do Young Jeon

Hyo Sang Moon

A wheelchair type robot for use as a walking aid wherein an outer skeleton to be worn on the lower body of a user is combined with a lift and a drive part in a wheelchair form. The drive part is furnished with a drive motor and wheels that are installed on a main frame. The lift is furnished with an outer linear guide that is fixed and joined with the main frame, an inner linear guide that can move up and down along same, an upper chair part that connects with the inner linear guide to enable up and down motion, and a lower chair part that connects with the outer linear guide such that unfolds if the inner linear guide descends and folds if it ascends. The outer skeleton is furnished with a lift locking part that is fixed and joined with the upper chair part, an upper frame whereto a thigh brace is joined, a lower frame whereto a calf brace is joined, a hip part that is installed between the lift locking part and the upper frame to rotate the upper frame around the lift locking part, and a knee joint part that is installed between the upper frame and the lower frame to rotate the lower frame around the upper frame.

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Sin Ung Kwak