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

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...

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Main Authors Xie, Shane (Author), Zhang, M. (Author), Meng, Wei (Of University of Auckland. Department of Mechanical Engineering) (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London, United Kingdom : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017.
SeriesHealthcare technologies series ; 14.
Subjects
Health.
Medical care.
Robotics in medicine.
Robotics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781785613128
178561312X
9781523112272
1523112271
9781785613111
1785613111
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • State of the art
  • Concept and modelling of a soft rehabilitation actuator: the Peano muscle
  • Design of the reactive Peano muscle
  • Soft wrist rehabilitation robot
  • Development of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot
  • Control of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot
  • Design of a GAit Rehabilitation EXoskeleton
  • Modelling and control strategies development of GAREX
  • Conclusion and future work.

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