High technology assists in patient rehabilitation, medical care, and athlete training. Fourier released the "Galileo" system for patients, sports, and medicine
Today, Fourier Intelligent Group released its independently developed "Galileo" human motion quantification research and rehabilitation system in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. As the first domestic research and training equipment that integrates biomechanics, rehabilitation medicine, and sports science, the Galileo system integrates more than 30 functional modules, which can simulate real rehabilitation and sports scenarios such as bus and subway travel, rapid traffic lights, uphill and downhill walking, wheelchairs, rowing, etc. It is mainly aimed at patients with nerve injury, musculoskeletal injury, or degenerative diseases, and is also suitable for enhancing the abilities of athletes and soldiers.
Gu Jie, Chairman and CEO of Fourier Intelligent Group, said, "The idea of developing this system has a long history. In the past, we designed rehabilitation training products that focused more on isolated functional rehabilitation problems such as the upper or lower limbs, but the ultimate goal of rehabilitation is to bring patients back to life." To this end, he led the team to comprehensively integrate virtual reality, robots, biomechanics and other technologies accumulated in recent years, closely linking social life scenes with physical functions, and create a large device belonging to the rehabilitation department, allowing patients to train and receive evaluations in virtual scenes.
The Galileo system can be used for gait function evaluation.
In 2021, the Galileo project was launched. It includes advanced technologies such as a six axis motion platform, a six dimensional force measurement platform, LED flexible ring screen, adaptive running platform, dynamic weight reduction, motion capture system, upper and lower limb rehabilitation robot, motion training equipment, and human-computer interaction software. "This system includes a 6-degree-of-freedom motion platform, which can simulate the shaking of the ship's surface, the ups and downs during walking, taking public transportation, various sports, and falling scenes," said Yang Zhihao, the product director.
In order to create an open immersive experience, the R&D team equipped the system with a 180 ° flexible LED surround screen that meets the human eye's field of view and has a 3A level visual effect. Facing the surrounding large screen, patients will feel like they are in a virtual environment, interacting and blending with the environment, which is beneficial for rehabilitation treatment.
Simulate subway travel scenarios
In addition, the six dimensional high-precision force measurement platform of the Galileo system is embedded with six six six dimensional force measurement platforms and pressure sensors, which can capture the force and torque values in x, y, and z three-dimensional spaces. The surface of the force measuring platform is also equipped with a high-density pressure collection film, which can collect 9600 pressure point data at a frequency of 100 Hz. The data is then visualized and processed through software to evaluate the balance state, plantar pressure, and human posture.
It is reported that the core modules of this system have been self-developed and produced, and all components have been localized. Professor Milos Popovic, director of the KITE Institute in Toronto, said, "I believe this is the future of rehabilitation research and practice. As a tool for evaluating and training patients, the Galileo system is a great new device that can help patients overcome their physical limits."
Taking the scene of rushing at traffic lights as an example, crossing the road is a very difficult task for patients with Parkinson's disease and other conditions. The green light countdown and the vehicles coming and going will give them greater psychological pressure. To this end, the R&D team designed a scene of rapid traffic lights, which gradually adapted patients to this process through simulation and restoration. At the same time, reaction and walking assessments were conducted to improve the patient's ability to pass when encountering flashing green lights.
Simulate a scene of rapid traffic lights
In the future, the Galileo system is expected to be used in hospital rehabilitation centers, robot laboratories, clinical transformation centers, athlete training centers, and other places. It is reported that it has settled in Zhangjiang Robot Valley and will be applied in multiple institutions this year. "The Galileo system began with rehabilitation, but it goes beyond rehabilitation. We are committed to creating an open research platform and welcome more clinical and engineering personnel to join the Galileo system's research ecosystem, creating unlimited possibilities." Gu Jie told reporters.