穿外骨骼走路时,人对身体的感知会随训练改善,但仍有偏差。
Projecting the New Body: How Body Image Evolves During Learning to Walk with a Wearable Robot
- 通过测量身体运动感知变化,研究穿戴机器人学习过程中的感知演化
- 训练后真实步态与感知步态均更接近正常,但感知仍滞后于实际动作
- 感知过估可能阻碍进一步提升,需增强本体感觉与感知校准
可穿戴机器人技术挑战了传统人体运动系统定义,重新定义了身体结构、运动能力及自我身体感知。我们通过选定的运动感知系数(SCoMo)在每次训练后评估步态表现和身体感知。基于扩展至穿戴者-机器人系统的运动学习理论,我们假设:穿戴机械腿行走时,身体感知的形成与实际步态改善同步演化,且日趋准确和确定。结果证实,运动学习使物理步态与感知步态均向正常趋近,表明使用者通过练习将机械腿整合进其感觉运动系统,实现人机协同运动。然而,感知与实际动作之间仍存在持续差异,可能源于穿戴者缺乏对假肢的直接感觉与控制。此外,后期训练中感知的过度高估可能限制进一步的运动改进。这些发现提示:提升人体对可穿戴机器人的本体感觉,以及频繁校准身体图像感知,对于有效训练下肢可穿戴机器人和开发更具具身感的辅助技术至关重要。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Advances in wearable robotics challenge the traditional definition of human motor systems, as wearable robots redefine body structure, movement capability, and perception of their own bodies. We measured gait performance and perceived body images via Selected Coefficient of Perceived Motion, SCoMo, after each training session. Based on human motor learning theory extended to wearer-robot systems, we hypothesized that learning the perceived body image when walking with a robotic leg co-evolves with the actual gait improvement and becomes more certain and more accurate to the actual motion. Our result confirmed that motor learning improved both physical and perceived gait pattern towards normal, indicating that via practice the wearers incorporated the robotic leg into their sensorimotor systems to enable wearer-robot movement coordination. However, a persistent discrepancy between perceived and actual motion remained, likely due to the absence of direct sensation and control of the prosthesis from wearers. Additionally, the perceptual overestimation at the later training sessions might limit further motor improvement. These findings suggest that enhancing the human sense of wearable robots and frequent calibrating perception of body image are essential for effective training with lower limb wearable robots and for developing more embodied assistive technologies.
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