Application of Virtual Reality to Rehabilitation System with Arm Exoskeletons

To improve the condition of limb rehabilitation therapy that the patient feels as if he is participating in virtual environment, i.e. patient can be received visual, audio and force sensing feedback. This article provides a scheme that use virtual reality and exoskeletons technology into arm rehabilitation therapy, and introduces the design idea and method of hardware and software in detail. It includes the design of arm exoskeletons, the development of platform for virtual environment, the control of movement and makes a rehabilitation case history database. Rehabilitation system of arm exoskeletons based on the virtual reality combines kinesitherapy with psychotherapy organically and provides a effective medical appliance to recover limb function for the patients.