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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, KR;
Ki-Uk Kyung, Daejeon, KR;
Jaeyeon Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Kyujin Hyeon, Daejeon, KR;
Jungwoo Han, Daejeon, KR;
Kwang-Ok An, Seoul, KR;
Won-Kyung Song, Seoul, KR;
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a wearable robot for assisting a wrist, including: a plurality of flexible actuators; and a control unit configured to control any one of the plurality of flexible actuators to be contracted or relaxed according to a wrist movement of a wearer. Each of the plurality of flexible actuators includes: a driving part which is contractively deformed by a current or transfer heat applied from the control unit or is relaxed when the heat is lost, and a refrigerant circulating part which is implemented to surround the driving part and circulates a refrigerant so that the contractively deformed driving part is cooled under control of the control unit.