Reconfigurable Robotic Exercising Companion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Overview
Reconfigurable Robot Platform
3. Emotion-Based Feedback per Performance of Exercise
3.1. Perceiving Exercises
3.2. Exercise Correctness Score
3.3. Emotion Generation
Algorithm 1 Emotion derivation |
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Algorithm 2 Motion pattern, robot speed calculation |
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4. Experiments and Results
4.1. Experimental Setup
4.2. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Input Memberships | Deviation D | |||
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L | M | H | ||
Movement speed S | S | H | L | VL |
G | VH | M | L | |
F | H | L | VL |
Exercise Cycles | Posture Deviation | Cycle Speed | Correctness Score | Average Correctness Score | Emotion | Robot Speed |
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1 | 23.12 | 0.43 | 66.98 | 83.57 | Happy | 0.38 |
2 | 13.66 | 0.53 | 83.71 | |||
3 | 12.38 | 0.46 | 100.00 | |||
4 | 13.82 | 0.47 | 98.32 | 90.31 | Happy | 0.49 |
5 | 16.70 | 0.46 | 86.50 | |||
6 | 17.10 | 0.41 | 86.10 | |||
7 | 11.00 | 0.51 | 88.99 | 70.40 | Happy | 0.17 |
8 | 15.10 | 0.38 | 99.13 | |||
9 | 39.83 | 0.59 | 23.08 | |||
10 | 53.76 | 0.63 | 9.01 | 26.15 | Sad | −0.23 |
11 | 33.14 | 0.25 | 45.12 | |||
12 | 36.53 | 0.60 | 24.33 | |||
13 | 53.74 | 0.65 | 8.68 | 8.45 | Sad | −0.51 |
14 | 88.57 | 0.82 | 8.33 | |||
15 | 87.81 | 0.78 | 8.33 |
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Sachinthana, W.K.R.; Wijegunawardana, I.D.; Samarakoon, S.M.B.P.; Muthugala, M.A.V.J.; Elara, M.R. Reconfigurable Robotic Exercising Companion. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 7249. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167249
Sachinthana WKR, Wijegunawardana ID, Samarakoon SMBP, Muthugala MAVJ, Elara MR. Reconfigurable Robotic Exercising Companion. Applied Sciences. 2024; 14(16):7249. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167249
Chicago/Turabian StyleSachinthana, W. K. R., I. D. Wijegunawardana, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, and Mohan Rajesh Elara. 2024. "Reconfigurable Robotic Exercising Companion" Applied Sciences 14, no. 16: 7249. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167249