The actuation stage of a robot designed for rehabilitation purposes plays a critical role in
defining the characteristics of its interaction with the patient. This chapter presents the …

Robotic devices have been used in post-stroke or trauma neurorehabilitation process for
years. Due to the uncertain, complex, and changing physical human-robot-interaction …

There are a large number of people with movement disorders who have difficulties doing
their daily tasks independently. Much research has been devoted to the therapy of these …

Stroke rehabilitation technologies have focused on reducing treatment cost while improving
effectiveness. Rehabilitation robots are generally developed for home and clinical usage to …

Abstract Systems for delivering robot-mediated rehabilitation therapy are useful tools to
support clinicians in providing high-intensity, repetitive, and task-specific treatment, in order …

Rehabilitation robots physically support and guide a patient's limb during motor therapy, but
require sophisticated control algorithms and artificial intelligence to do so. This article …

Patient-cooperative behavior of a rehabilitation robot can be seen as a tight interplay of
three control components: The first and most important is the intervention paradigm, which …

Within the field of human rehabilitation, robotic machines are used both to rehabilitate the
body and to perform functional tasks. Robotics autonomy that would enable perception of …

Rehabilitation Robotics gives an introduction and overview of all areas of rehabilitation
robotics, perfect for anyone new to the field. It also summarizes available robot technologies …

The field of rehabilitation robotics demands robots that can interact softly with the patients
they treat while also bearing substantial loads. This thesis discusses the characterization of …