AIMC Topic: Equipment Design

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In-home and remote use of robotic body surrogates by people with profound motor deficits.

PloS one
By controlling robots comparable to the human body, people with profound motor deficits could potentially perform a variety of physical tasks for themselves, improving their quality of life. The extent to which this is achievable has been unclear due...

Design and demonstration of a bio-inspired flapping-wing-assisted jumping robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jumping insects such as fleas, froghoppers, grasshoppers, and locusts take off from the ground using a catapult mechanism to push their legs against the surface of the ground while using their pairs of flapping wings to propel them into the air. Such...

Robot-assisted ankle rehabilitation: a review.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
The aim of this review paper is to summarize recent developments and research in robotics, relevant to the field of ankle rehabilitation, to overview new findings and determine the actual state of the art. The literature search was performed using s...

Gait Segmentation of Data Collected by Instrumented Shoes Using a Recurrent Neural Network Classifier.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America
The authors present a Recurrent Neural Network classifier model that segments the walking data recorded with instrumented footwear. The signals from 3 piezoresistive sensors, a 3-axis accelerometer, and Euler angles are used to generate temporal gait...

Deep learning-based super-resolution in coherent imaging systems.

Scientific reports
We present a deep learning framework based on a generative adversarial network (GAN) to perform super-resolution in coherent imaging systems. We demonstrate that this framework can enhance the resolution of both pixel size-limited and diffraction-lim...

A variable stiffness gripper based on differential drive particle jamming.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Compared with rigid grippers, soft grippers show fantastic adaptability and flexibility in grasping irregularly shaped and fragile objects. However, the low stiffness of the soft actuator limits the scope of applications. Particle jamming has emerged...

Assessment of Motor Impairments in Early Untreated Parkinson's Disease Patients: The Wearable Electronics Impact.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
OBJECTIVE: The complex nature of Parkinson's disease (PD) makes difficult to rate its severity, mainly based on the visual inspection of motor impairments. Wearable sensors have been demonstrated to help overcoming such a difficulty, by providing obj...

Portable brain-computer interface based on novel convolutional neural network.

Computers in biology and medicine
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a powerful, noninvasive tool that provides a high temporal resolution to directly reflect brain activities. Conventional electrodes require skin preparation and the use of conductive gels, while subjects must wear unco...

Frontiers of Medical Robotics: From Concept to Systems to Clinical Translation.

Annual review of biomedical engineering
Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine-from surgical intervention to targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of robots for minimally invasive interventions. This review provide...