Title :
Rehabilitation and assistive robotics [TC Spotlight]
Author :
Johnson, Michael J. ; Micera, Silvestro ; Shibata, Takuma ; Guglielmelli, Eugenio
fDate :
9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MRA.2008.928304
