A Distributed Game System for Robotic Telerehabilitation
Leonardo José Consoni1; Wilian Miranda dos Santos1; Adriano Almeida Gonçalves Siqueira1
1 University of São Paulo
doi:10.20906/CPS/COB-2015-1653
Resumo
Recent technological advances have allowed experiments with the use of robots in motor rehabilitation therapies for victims of fractures or neurological diseases. These experiments, in turn, open the possibility of using other new techniques, like virtual reality and telecommunication/teleoperation. This paper presents the development of virtual computer games for robotic rehabilitation of lower limbs, as well as of an infrastructure that allows its use in a distributed manner, across a computer network, for interaction, at a distance, between therapist and patient or between multiple patients. All tools used in the implementation of this network communication system for multiplayer games are described. At the end, some collected results of system usability and performance are shown and necessary improvements are discussed.
Palavras-chave: Robotic Rehabilitation; Serious Games; Computer Network; Distributed System; Telerehabilitation