Exoskeleton Robots for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Devices

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-1547-31-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 93 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 178 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

This book addresses cutting-edge topics in robotics and related technologies for rehabilitation, covering basic concepts and providing the reader with the information they need to solve various practical problems. Intended as a reference guide to the application of robotics in rehabilitation, it covers e.g. musculoskeletal modelling, gait analysis, biomechanics, robotics modelling and simulation, sensors, wearable devices, and the Internet of Medical Things.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cardona, Manuel

García Cena, Cecilia E.

Solanki, Vijender Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Ambient Intelligence, RFID, Internet der Dinge
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Robotics for Rehabilitation: A State of the Art.- Sensors and motion systems.- Gait Capture Systems.- Technologies for Therapy and Assistance of Lower Limb Disabilities: Sit to Stand and Walking.- Adaptable Robotic Platform for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance: Design Concepts and Applications.

Über Autor(innen)

Manuel Cardona received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de Sonsonate (USO), El Salvador, in 2004 and his M.Sc. degree in Automation and Robotics from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, and in 2011, he was a Research Assistant with the Robotics and Intelligence Machines Research Group at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Since 2014, he has been a Professor and Researcher with the Robotics and Intelligence Machines Research Group and Computer Vision Research Group at the School of Engineering, Universidad Don Bosco (UDB) in El Salvador. The author of more than 20 articles, his research interests include rehabilitation robotics, kinematics and dynamics of serial and parallel robots, embedded systems, vision and artificial intelligence, and applications of robotics systems.
Dr. Vijender Kumar Solanki, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India. He has more than 10 years of academic experience in network security, IoT, big data, smart cities and IT.

Cecilia E. Garcia Cena received her B.S. degree in Electromechanical Engineering from La Pampa National University, Argentina, in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Control Systems (with a focus on robotics and non-linear system control) from San Juan National University, Argentina, in 2001. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics, Automation and Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a member of the Centre of Automation and Robotics UPM-CSIC. Her research interests include telerobotics, assistant robots, control of multi-agent systems and medical devices. She holds three patents and is the author of more than 60 articles in journals and conference proceedings. In 2014, she received a National Award for the best innovation technology in the medical area. Recently, she founded Aura Innovative Robotics, a spinoff for commercializing R+D results.