Risk-Based Assessment Engineering of a Parallel Robot Used in Post-Stroke Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Paul Tucan, Calin Vaida, Nicolae Plitea, Adrian Pisla, Giuseppe Carbone and Doina Pisla
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Paul Tucan: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Calin Vaida: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nicolae Plitea: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Adrian Pisla: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Giuseppe Carbone: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Doina Pisla: CESTER, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-28

Abstract: Recently, robotic-assisted stroke rehabilitation became an important research topic due to its capability to provide complex solutions to perform the customized rehabilitation motion with enhanced resources than the traditional rehabilitation. Involving robotic devices in the rehabilitation process would increase the number of possible rehabilitated patients, but placing the patient inside the workspace of the robot causes a series of risks that needs to be identified, analyzed and avoided. The goal of this work is to provide a reliable solution for an upper limb rehabilitation robotic structure designed as a result of a risk assessment process. The proposed approach implies a hazard identification process in terms of severity and probability, a failure mode and effects analysis to identify the possible malfunctions in the system and an AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to prioritize the technical characteristics of the robotic structure. The results of the risk assessment process and of the AHP provide the base of the final design of the robotic structure, while another solution, in terms of minimizing the risk for the patient injury, is obtained using an external measuring system.

Keywords: safety & risk analysis; stroke survivors; rehabilitation robot; human health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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