Robotic Assistive Technologies (eBook, PDF)

Principles and Practice
Redaktion: Encarnação, Pedro; Cook, Albert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains a comprehensive overview of all current uses of robots in rehabilitation. The underlying principles in each application are provided. This is followed by a critical review of the technology available, of the utilization protocols, and of user studies, outcomes, and clinical evidence, if existing. Ethical and social implications of robot use are also discussed. The reader will have an in depth view of rehabilitation robots, from principles to practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498745734
• Artikelnr.: 48008451

Autorenporträt

Pedro Encarnacao is an Adjunct Professor at the Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics of the Catholic University of Portugal. He is an active researcher in robotic systems for rehabiliation. Albert Cook is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Alberta and California State University, Sacramento. He is the co-author of "Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practices, 4/e" and "Essentials of Assistive Technologies". He has co-edited three other multi-authored texts with John Webster and written numerous chapters on rehabilitaiton and biomedical engineering in a large number of journals and proceedings. He is the Past-President and fellow of RESNA.

Inhaltsangabe

Fundamentals of Robot Application
Human Robot Interaction
Robotic Systems to Support Manipulation
Robotic Prosthesis
Robotic Systems to Support Mobility
Robots for Rehabilitation Therapy
Exoskeletons
Robotic Systems to Promote Cognitive Development
Social Robotics-Children with ASD
Social Robotics - Elderly
Personal Assistant Robots
Ethical adn Social Implications.