Soft robots for healthcare applications : design, modelling, and control

• Main Authors: Xie, Shane, (Author), Zhang, M. (Author), Meng, Wei (Of University of Auckland. Department of Mechanical Engineering), (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London, United Kingdom : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017.
• Series: Healthcare technologies series ; 14.
• Subjects: Health.; Medical care.; Robotics in medicine.; Robotics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781785613128; 178561312X; 9781523112272; 1523112271; 9781785613111; 1785613111
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations

Robot-assisted healthcare offers benefits for repetitive, intensive and task specific training compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists. However, a majority of existing rehabilitation devices use rigid actuators such as electric motors or hydraulic cylinders which ca...