IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
In order to promote early rehabilitation, we proposed a system which provides full-body arm-leg training for patients in a bed-lying position. As the preliminary development, a platform for leg movement was investigated. An innovative system with fou...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
There is a growing need to deliver rehabilitation care to patients remotely. Long term demographic changes, geographic shortages of care providers, and now a global pandemic contribute to this need. Telepresence provides an option for delivering this...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Currently, therapists struggle with interaction of rehabilitation robots due to non-intuitive interfaces. Therefore their acceptance of these robots are limited. This paper presents the development of ARMStick, a lightweight and small robotic interfa...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Joint attention is the capacity of sharing attention between two agents and an aspect of the environment, through the use of different cues, namely gaze. This capacity is of paramount importance for social skills. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Afferent proprioceptive signals, responsible for body awareness, have a crucial role when planning and executing motor tasks. Increasing evidence suggests that proprioceptive sensory training may improve motor performance. Although this topic had bee...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Despite having the potential to improve the lives of severely paralyzed users, non-invasive Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) have yet to be integrated into their daily lives. The widespread adoption of BCI-driven assistive technology is hindered by it...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Early rehabilitation is beneficial for stroke patients, but it is often delayed since the patients are often bedbound due to their general condition. New robotic rehabilitation devices such as ROBERT® enable patients to exercise even while bedbound. ...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Social assistive robotics in autism has been implemented in studies and therapies to improve social skills and encourage children to comply with therapies. However, autism symptoms vary in their spectrum, which generates difficulties in implementing ...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the available therapies target the improvement of social skills, in order to ensure a high quality of life for the child. The use of Social Assistive Robots offers new therapeutic possibilities in whic...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2022
Computer vision can be used in robotic exoskeleton control to improve transitions between different locomotion modes through the prediction of future environmental states. Here we present the development of a large-scale automated stair recognition s...