PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for supporting an operation that supports an operation by forecasting an operation of a person to be supported, and in which mounting is easy.SOLUTION: A device for supporting an operation includes: an actuator 40 that is suspended between a starting portion neighborhood and a stop portion neighborhood of a muscle of a person to be supported, formed in a fiber shape, and in which an expansion and contraction are free, and that consists of any one of a polymer compound, a silicon resin or a carbon nanotube a sensor 30 that is mounted to the person to be supported and detects a posture and an operation direction of the person to be supported a motion information storage part that stores information concerning the posture and the operation direction of the person to be supported and a controller that controls the actuator 40 based on a detected result of the posture and the operation direction which the sensor 30 has detected and according to the motion information obtained from the motion information storage part, wherein the controller supports a motion of the person to be supported by controlling a direction of an output of the actuator 40 according to the posture and the operation direction of the person to be supported which the sensor 30 has detected based on the motion information.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】被支援者の動作を予測して動作を支援し、また装着が容易な動作支援装置を提供すること。【解決手段】動作支援装置は、被支援者の筋肉の起始部近傍と停止部近傍との間に懸架されるとともに、繊維状に形成され、かつ伸縮自在とした、高分子化合物、シリコン樹脂、又はカーボンナノチューブのいずれか1つからなるアクチュエーター40と、被支援者に装着され、かつ被支援者の姿勢と動作の向きとを検知するセンサー30と、被支援者の姿勢と動作の向きとに関する情報を格納する運動情報格納部と、センサー30が検知した被支援者の姿勢と動作の向きとの検知結果に基づいて、運動情報格納部から取得した運動情報に応じてアクチュエーター40を制御する制御部と、を備え、制御部は、運動情報に基づいて、センサー30が検知した被支援者の姿勢と動作の向きに応じてアクチュエーター40の出力の向きを制御することによって、被支援者の運動を支援する。【選択図】図1
