Sistema de exoesqueleto robótico aplicado a la terapia física controlado mediante Bluetooth para la rehabilitación de pacientes.

Abstract

Robotic exoskeletons are devices or systems of the utmost importance in the area of physical therapy, since they help to carry out mobility therapies in patients with total or partial paralysis. Currently these systems are sold at high economic values, and although they are very good systems, for their price not all people are able to perform therapies taking advantage of them: as a more viable option, a prototype exoskeleton has been designed for rehabilitation in upper limbs, that is able to offer benefits very similar to the large rehabilitation systems but with a much lower cost, reliable and environmentally friendly materials and a simple use. The equipment works with an exoskeleton on the arm based on a master-slave system, the master system has an EMG Shield which obtains signals through electro muscular pulses and through a Bluetooth module the data is sent to the slave system which receives them through another Bluetooth module and activates the servomotors so that the patient's limb moves according to the tension determined by the therapist or the person who controls the system.