Demonstrating Naviarm: Augmenting the Learning of Motor Skills using a Backpack-type Robotic Arm System

Abstract

We present a wearable haptic assistance robotic system for augmented motor learning called Naviarm. This system comprises two robotic arms that are mounted on a user's body and are used to transfer one person's motion to another offline. Naviarm prerecords the arm motion trajectories of an expert via the mounted robotic arms and then plays back these recorded trajectories to share the expert's body motion with a beginner. The Naviarm system is an ungrounded system and provides mobility for the user to conduct a variety of motions. In our demonstration, the user will experience the recording of arm movement with backpack-type robotic arm. Then, the recorded movement will replayed and the user can experience the haptic feedback.