ROBOTICS AS A MEAN OF ERGOTHERAPY IN MODERN REHABILITATION

Анотація

According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO): "Rehabilitation is a set of measures designed to provide people with impaired functions as a result of illness, trauma and birth defects in adapting to the new living conditions in the society in which they live."

The article deals with the problem of the interrelation between robotics and ergotherapy, which today stands out as an independent technology of clinical and social rehabilitation practice. The specifics of ergotherapy, as physical and socio-psychological rehabilitation of traumatized, in particular, military actions in the East of Ukraine, of man have been found out. A wide field of social-psychological interventions encompasses the activation of the life-creation of the individual, the restoration of his capacity for independent transformations, which involves the design of the future, approbation, correction of these projects and their actual implementation in different spheres of life.

It is proposed as one of the means of ergotherapy, robotics - applied science, focused on the development and construction of robotic devices for automation of industrial operations and operations to improve the living conditions of people, especially with disabilities. The impact of robotics is seenas a three-component opportunity: the acquisition of a modern prospective profession; creation of a robotic device for own needs; communicating with a wide range of people for whom robotics is an exciting hobby.

An example of programming an Arduino microcontroller platform that can be used to create standalone interactive objects, connect to software running on a computer, and to program electronic devices. A number of sources of information for familiarization with robotics are offered. All this provides the basis for the creation of robotic devices that can perform certain functions that will help a person with special needs in everyday life and create interesting leisure.