Development and Application of Digital Meridian Intelligent Acupuncture Robot (Acubot)
XU Tiancheng1, LU Dongdong2, WANG Xuejun 2, LU Mengye 3, LIN Qi 3, ZHANG Xiaoqiang 2, LIN Xiaofeng 2, LU Peng 4, JIA Boyu 2, SUN Jianhua 5*
(1.the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 210023; 2.Nanjing University of Science and Technology 2, 210089 ;3.the Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 210023; 4.Tianjin University, 300072; 5.Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM, 210029, address: Nanjing City, Hanzhoung Road No. 282)
Abstract: Based on traditional meridian, introducing chaos theory and fractal geometry, generating digital meridian as the theoretical basis of robot automatic point positioning; Research into quantitative relationship between the needle speed and patients' pain, develop features of fast and painless needle inserting in acupuncture robots; Build acupoint-symptom complex networks, provides mathematical model for TCM AI simulation ; design interactive wireless control platform AcuCloud, endow robots dual roles of scientific research and clinic; promote the establishment of quantitative research and international standards of accurate acupuncture, inherit traditional Chinese medicine based on science and technology.
Key words: Acupuncture and moxibustion, Medical robot, meridian and acupoints, fractal geometry theory