A study on body perception and motor control of an extended body synchronized with the user's body (本文)

概要

1.1 Human Augmentation
With the advancement of technology, there has been an increasing interaction of humans
and machines in society. Miniaturization of actuators, for instance, has led to the development
of industrial robots and household cleaning robots that can perform designated tasks following human instructions. In particular, the progression of such advanced machines has fostered
the development of wearable devices that allow for intuitive interactions with humans, exemplified by wearable robotic limbs (Fig. 1.1). These wearable devices mainly find application
in contexts of human prosthetics [21–23] and human augmentation [1, 24]. In the context of
human prosthetics, wearable devices are used as prosthetic hands or rehabilitation devices
to restore lost physical or sensory abilities. In the context of human augmentation, wearable
devices like wearable robotic limbs and sensory feedback devices provide additional bodily
attributes and expanded motor or sensory capabilities to the user. ...