Definition of priority areas
(items for development)

Indoor mobility aids

A walking aid device with a robot technology that supports indoor mobility and standing/sitting by the elderly, etc., and particularly aids going to/from a toilet and maintaining posture in a toilet.
Definitions

Definitions

  • Usable by one person or with the aid of one caregiver.
  • Provides support with a user for walking on his/her own feet. Those on-board are not subject to aids.
  • Mainly assuming standing up from a chair in a dining room or living room, or standing up from bed, provides support with a user for mobility of standing up from the sitting position in a chair/upright sitting position.
  • Conventional walking auxiliary tool, etc. may be used together.
  • Even in a standard toilet in the home, usable without requiring special operations, and prevents falls during a series of actions in a toilet (standing/sitting on a toilet seat, raising and lowering trousers, wiping, and turning in a toilet). If it is possible to stabilize the posture, evaluate to add points.
Indoor mobility aids
Product / Projects Adopted Company name Status
Sanyo Homes Corporation
Launched
RT.WORKS co., ltd.
Under
Development
YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION.
Development
Discontinued
Mitsuba Corp.
Development
Discontinued
MORITOH CO.,LTD.
Under
Development
YMP-Mundus Corporation
Under
Development
THK Corp.
Under
Development
Indoor mobility aids
Product / Projects Adopted
Indoor type robot walker
Under
Development
Indoor type robot walker

Company name

RT.WORKS co., ltd.

Indoor mobility assist device
Development
Discontinued
Indoor mobility assist device

Company name

YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

Walker with a powered standing-up assistance function
Development
Discontinued
Indoors movement support robot
Under
Development
Indoors movement support robot

Company name

MORITOH CO.,LTD.

Mobile aid “Kaigo (help)+α”
Under
Development
Mobile aid “Kaigo (help)+α”

Company name

YMP-Mundus Corporation

RT walker with rearrangeable support functions
Under
Development

Source
Research Basic Plan of the Project to Promote the Development and Introduction of Robotic Devices for Nursing Care (Development Subsidies ), METI, on October 2017