Robotics in Healthcare Field Examples and Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sequeira, João Silva (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1170
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering.; Molecular biology.; Artificial intelligence.; Laboratory medicine.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Molecular Medicine.; Artificial Intelligence.; Laboratory Medicine.

This edited collection is about Robotics in Healthcare. Challenges in the robotics-healthcare tuple are presented through reflections and case-studies, including field experiments. As societies develop, well-being concerns tend to emerge and technologies are pressed to deliver solutions. Robotics an...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Can a Robot Bring Your Life Back? A Systematic Review for Robotics in Rehabilitation
• Smart and Assistive Walker - ASBGo . Rehabilitation robotics: a smart-walker to assist ataxic patients
• Mechanical sensing for lower limb soft exoskeletons: recent progress and challenges
• A Proposed Clinical Evaluation of a Simulation Environment for Magnetically-Driven Active Endoscopic Capsules
• Social Robots as a complementary therapy in chronic, progressive diseases
• Developing a Social Robot - A Case Study
• Index.