Advances in Rehabilitation Robotics Human-friendly Technologies on Movement Assistance and Restoration for People with Disabilities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bien, Z. Zenn (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Stefanov, Dimitar (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 306
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Artificial intelligence.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Computational intelligence.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence.; Rehabilitation Medicine.; Computational Intelligence.

One of the major application targets of service robots is to use them as assistive devices for rehabilitation. This book introduces some latest achievements in the field of rehabilitation robotics and assistive technology for people with disabilities and aged people. The book contains results from b...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Rehabilitation Robots for Assistance of Human Movements
• Prostheses and Orthoses
• Intelligent Wheelchairs
• Mechatronics Devices for Assistance in Walking
• Robot-Assisted Neurorehabilitation
• Perspectives and Trends of the Rehabilitation Robotics.