Development of Feeding Support System and Its Quantitative Estimation

Abstract

This study quantitatively evaluates a new feeding support system developed to assist the disabled in eating. The system was particularly designed to have smooth coordinative movements between the dishes and the robot arm, by elaborating the robot arm motion, which will allow the disabled to eat all the contents on a plate as fast as the non-disabled without spills with the assist of an LED display. This study confirmed that this proposed feeding robot can successfully assist the disabled as well as the non-disabled in eating with respect to time, quantity, and manner