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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Robotics teleoperation is useful in various situations. However, when considering the operation of a six-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) robot arm, aligning the six axes for both position and orientation, operations such as the removal of screws become high...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Robotic rehabilitative systems have been an active area of research for all movements, including Sit to Stand (STS). STS is an important movement for performing various activities of daily living. Rehabilitation of the STS movement is one of the most...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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The Parallel Continuum Robot (PCR) is an emerging class of soft robotics distinguished by features such as flexibility, safety, compactness, and dexterity attributed to their continuous components, meanwhile their lack of precision and stiffness are ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Robot-assisted gait training has the potential to enhance gait therapy for children with mobility impairments. Robotic orthoses are designed to improve therapy session quality, but have shortcomings regarding compactness, weight, usability, and weare...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Continuous passive motion of the toes improves blood circulation and may help ankle injuries heal faster. Soft devices are more appropriate than rigid devices to accommodate a variety of foot shapes. Most conventional pneumatic soft robots are actuat...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Without finger function, people with C5-7 spinal cord injury (SCI) regularly utilize wrist extension to passively close the fingers and thumb together for grasping. Wearable assistive grasping devices often focus on this familiar wrist-driven techniq...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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A calibration method for gelatin-graphite-based soft sensors is proposed. This approach uses convolutional deep learning approaches that account for a sensor's non-linear behaviour and reduce noise amplification. This technique offers a smaller minim...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Proprioception is important in human motor control but can be impaired by neurological disease. Unfortunately, our understanding of proprioceptive deficit is very limited, especially for important joints such as the wrist. To address this gap, we hav...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Treatments of disuse-induced muscle atrophy entail unmet clinical needs due to the lack of medical devices capable of mimicking physicians manual therapies. Therefore, in this paper we develop and model a wearable soft pneumatic elastomeric actuator ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Robotic systems for rehabilitating forearm have been an active area of research. A majority of the daily living activities require the use of the forearm significantly, and hence affecting the quality of life of the patient if not rehabilitated promp...