DocumentCode
861274
Title
Rehabilitation and assistive robotics [TC Spotlight]
Author
Johnson, Michael J. ; Micera, Silvestro ; Shibata, Takuma ; Guglielmelli, Eugenio
Volume
15
Issue
3
fYear
2008
fDate
9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
110
Abstract
The goal of rehabilitation and assistive robotics is to investigate the application of robotics in therapeutic procedures for achieving the best possible motor and/ or cognitive functional recovery for persons with impairments due to various diseases (e.g., stroke and other neuromotor disorders, brain and orthopedic traumas, cognitive diseases, etc.).
Keywords
Biomedical imaging; Cognitive robotics; Intelligent robots; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Senior citizens; Service robots;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9932
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MRA.2008.928304
Filename
4624577
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