Abstract:
A robot system for assisting a patient in standing up and/or sitting down is provided. The robot system includes the following elements. A drive mechanism executes a drive pattern for assisting the patient in standing up and/or sitting down. An instruction input device receives an instruction to cause the drive mechanism to execute the drive pattern. A state acquirer acquires an execution state of the drive mechanism which is executing the drive pattern. A controller decides whether or not to cause the drive mechanism to execute the instruction received by the instruction input device, on the basis of the execution state acquired by the state acquirer, and controls the driving of the drive mechanism.
Abstract:
An insertion method for a flexible elongate member is used to insert the flexible elongate member into a tube while causing first and second holding units to perform an opening-and-closing operation for holding and releasing the flexible elongate member. The method includes acquiring information of a distance by which the second holding unit moves with respect to the first holding unit and information of an operation type used to distinguish between insertion of the flexible elongate member into the tube, stoppage of the flexible elongate member, and extraction of the flexible elongate member from the tube; generating operation information regarding an opened/closed state of the first holding portion and an opened/closed state of the second holding portion on the basis of the distance and the operation type; and controlling the insertion, stoppage, or extraction of the flexible elongate member on the basis of the operation information.
Abstract:
A force measurement apparatus that, when an insertion member is inserted into a living body vessel, measures a force at time the insertion member contacts with living body vessel, includes a force detector that measures, from an outside of a body, a force applied from the insertion member to the living body vessel, a reference point calculating unit that calculates a time point when a force applied from the insertion member into the living body vessel is individually measured based on information about the force detected by the force detector during the insertion of the insertion member into the living body vessel, and an individual force calculating unit that individually calculates the force applied from the insertion member to the living body vessel based on information about the time point and information about the force detected by the force detector.