Research on The Control System of The Friendly Walking Assistant Robot for The Elderly

With the intensification of aging population, medical and social insurance system is facing up with the unprecedented pressure. Most of old people need nursing and care. On the one hand, it needs expensive expenditure and manpower. On the other hand, living quality of old people in degree of freedom is greatly reduced. The problem of helping old people to walk has become a great social problem. The self-adaption coordination control of robot is an important indicator of walking assistant robot for the elderly and also the precondition to support and protect old people and the disabled. In order to realize the control of direction for walking assistant robot and get the smaller turning radius and more flexible movement, this paper studied a dual-motor differential control method to realize forward, backward, and cornering of robot. Finally, the experimental results show that the control system of the friendly walking assistant robot for the elderly is rational and feasible, and the designed control system is stable and reliable.