福祉机器人基础研究与系统开发及展望

Fundamental research,system development and prospect of welfare robots

以沈阳工业大学中日福祉机器人研究中心科技成果为主线,指出福祉机器人领域中某些观念误区、基础研究的重要性及推广应用中的技术瓶颈。提出福祉机器人的简明定义,从系统构成角度阐明福祉机器人与工业机器人的本质区别,并以自主研发的机能康复机器人、部分失能者自立生活辅助机器人、完全失能者护理机器人等为例,通俗地论述了其社会背景、基本研究理念、具体研究内容及难点、取得的创新性成果及正在攻关的挑战性课题。对福祉机器人新兴领域的科研机遇、人才需求、市场规模及就业前景等进行了展望。

This paper focuses on the scientific and technological achievements of China-Japan Welfare Robots Research Center of Shenyang University of Technology,including the clarification of certain conceptual misunderstandings in the field of welfare robots,and the importance of basic research and technological bottlenecks in the promotion and applications of welfare robots.Firstly,a concise definition of welfare robots is proposed,and the essential difference between welfare robots and industrial robots is clarified from the perspective of system composition.Secondly,taking the independently developed functional rehabilitation robots,the assistive living robots for the partially disabled and the nursing care robots for the totally disabled as examples,the authors discuss their social background,basic research concepts,specific research contents and difficulties,innovative achievements,as well as the challenging issues under investigation.Finally,the research and development opportunities,personnel needs,market scale and employment perspectives in the emerging field of welfare robots are forecasted.