Soft robots for healthcare applications : design, modelling, and control /

Robot-assisted healthcare offers benefits for repetitive, intensive and task specific training compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists. However, a majority of existing rehabilitation devices use rigid actuators such as electric motors or hydraulic cylinders which ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Xie, Shane (Autor), Zhang, M. (Mingming) (Autor), Meng, Wei (Of University of Auckland. Department of Mechanical Engineering) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017.
Colección:Healthcare technologies series ; 14.
Temas:
Health.
Medical care.
Robotics in medicine.
Robotics.
Robotics
Health
Patient Care
Santé.
Robotique en médecine.
Robotique.
Soins médicaux.
health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medical care
Robotics in medicine
gait analysis.
health care.
medical robotics.
muscle.
patient rehabilitation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • State of the art
  • Concept and modelling of a soft rehabilitation actuator: the Peano muscle
  • Design of the reactive Peano muscle
  • Soft wrist rehabilitation robot
  • Development of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot
  • Control of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot
  • Design of a GAit Rehabilitation EXoskeleton
  • Modelling and control strategies development of GAREX
  • Conclusion and future work.

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