New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
Assistive, Surgical and Educational Robotics
Editors: Bleuler, H., Bouri, M., MONDADA, F., Pisla, D., Rodić, A., Helmer, P. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Presents original contributions in the field of medical and service robots from the Third International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots
- Treats innovative ideas on advanced control techniques in medical and service robots and exclusive contributions on assist devices for paraplegics, with a focus on human-robot interaction
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Medical and Service Robotics integrate the most recent achievements in mechanics, mechatronics, computer science, haptic and teleoperation devices together with adaptive control algorithms.
The book includes topics such as surgery robotics, assist devices, rehabilitation technology, surgical instrumentation and Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) as examples for medical robotics. Autonomous cleaning, tending, logistics, surveying and rescue robots, and elderly and healthcare robots are typical examples of topics from service robotics.
This is the Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots, held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2014. It presents an overview of current research directions and fields of interest. It is divided into three sections, namely 1) assistive and rehabilitation devices; 2) surgical robotics; and 3) educational and service robotics. Most contributions are strongly anchored on collaborations between technical and medical actors, engineers, surgeons and clinicians. Biomedical robotics and the rapidly growing service automation fields have clearly overtaken the “classical” industrial robotics and automatic control centered activity familiar to the older generation of roboticists.
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Study and Choice of Actuation for a Walking Assist Device
Pages 3-12
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Design of a Hybrid Adaptive Support Device for FES Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Pages 13-22
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Motion Control Algorithm of Walking Assist Machine Using Crutches to Achieve Variable Gait Style and Step Length
Pages 23-31
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On Developing Lightweight Robot-Arm of Anthropomorphic Characteristics
Pages 33-46
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Towards a Natural Interface for the Control of a Whole Arm Prosthesis
Pages 47-59
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
- Book Subtitle
- Assistive, Surgical and Educational Robotics
- Editors
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- Hannes Bleuler
- Mohamed Bouri
- FRANCESCO MONDADA
- Doina Pisla
- Aleksandar Rodić
- Patrick Helmer
- Series Title
- Mechanisms and Machine Science
- Series Volume
- 38
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-23832-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-23832-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-23831-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-37293-8
- Series ISSN
- 2211-0984
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 254
- Topics