Converging robotic technologies in targeted neural rehabilitation: a review of emerging solutions and challenges

K Nizamis, A Athanasiou, S Almpani, C Dimitrousis… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in the field of neural rehabilitation, facilitated through technological
innovation and improved neurophysiological knowledge of impaired motor control, have …

Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

T Ashuri, A Armani, R Jalilzadeh Hamidi… - Biomedical Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made
of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems. Several …

The efficacy of state of the art overground gait rehabilitation robotics: a bird's eye view

NA Alias, MS Huq, B Ibrahim, R Omar - Procedia Computer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
To date, rehabilitation robotics has come a long way effectively aiding the rehabilitation
process of the patients suffering from paraplegia or hemiplegia due to spinal cord injury …

Personalized gait trajectory generation based on anthropometric features using random forest

S Ren, W Wang, ZG Hou, B Chen, X Liang… - Journal of Ambient …, 2023 - Springer
Using lower limb rehabilitation robots (LLRRs) to help stroke patients recover their walking
ability is attracting more and more attention presently. Previous studies have shown that gait …

Pardon the rude robot: Social cues diminish reactance to high controlling language

AS Ghazali, J Ham, EI Barakova… - 2017 26th IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many future social interactions between robots and humans, robots may need to convince
people to change their behavior. People may dislike and resist such persuasive attempts, a …

Care robot research and development plan for disability and aged care in Korea: A mixed-methods user participation study

MJ Lim, WK Song, H Kweon, ER Ro - Assistive Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The population of Korea is aging rapidly, and this has led to a care burden for caregivers.
Without adequate caregivers to address the increased burden, people with significant …

A review on self-healing featured soft robotics

MA Islam, L Talukder, MF Al, SK Sarker… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Soft robots are becoming more popular because they can solve issues stiff robots cannot.
Soft component and system design have seen several innovations recently. Next-generation …

Factors influencing usability of rehabilitation robotic devices for lower limbs

T Kim - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of elderly people in South
Korea; this has led to rising costs and concerns on the quality of physical therapy treatment …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating the Finnish elderly people's user experiences in playing digital game-based skiing exercise: A usability study

A Pyae, TN Liukkonen, L Mika… - …, 2017 - journal.gerontechnology.org
Gerontechnology 2017; 16 (2): 65-80; https://doi. org/10.4017/gt. 2017.16. 2.002. 00 Elderly
people's engagement in regular physical exercises is vital in old age. Digital games are …

Development and evaluation of a hybrid walking rehabilitation robot, DDgo Pro

JY Kim, JY Kim, HS Kim, K Park - International Journal of Precision …, 2020 - Springer
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a newly developed end-effector
type rehabilitation robot named DDgo Pro. In order to induce normal walking pattern, a five …