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[Robot-assisted transaxillary thyroid surgery; 5 years later].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Five years ago, robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy (RATT) was introduced in the Netherlands. The major advantage of this technique, when compared to the conventional approach, is the prevention of a potentially disfiguring scar in the neck. I...

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...

A survey on what Australians with upper limb difference want in a prosthesis: justification for using soft robotics and additive manufacturing for customized prosthetic hands.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Upper limb prostheses are part of a rapidly changing market place. Despite development in device design, surveys report low levels of uptake and dissatisfaction with current prosthetic design. In this study, we present the results of a survey conduc...

Robotics for Lower Limb Rehabilitation.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America
Improving walking function is a desirable outcome in rehabilitation and of high importance for social and vocational reintegration for persons with neurologic-related gait impairment. Robots for lower limb gait rehabilitation are designed principally...

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...

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...

Computational modeling of neuromuscular response to swing-phase robotic knee extension assistance in cerebral palsy.

Journal of biomechanics
Predicting subject-specific responses to exoskeleton assistance may aid in maximizing functional gait outcomes, such as achieving full knee-extension at foot contact in individuals with crouch gait from cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this study ...