A review of rehabilitation robot

This paper gives an overall review of research status in rehabilitation robot technology. In order to study the status of rehabilitation robot technology, they are divided into two categories. One of them is auxiliary and replacement robots and another is training and therapeutic robots. The fixed and mobile robots, intelligent artificial limbs and supporting tools of the auxiliary and replacement robot are introduced in detail. Their characteristics of light structure and fast response are elaborated and research status and existing problems with setting are indicated, then the function of rehabilitation robots is pointed out. The upper and limb rehabilitation robots of training and therapeutic robot are introduced and this kind of robots help the patient carry on the rehabilitation training to show their strong recovery function and achieve a function from replace to recovery. At the end of the paper, issues in the field of rehabilitation robotics research and their development in the future are discussed.