Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013, Pages 152-171, DOI 10.5898/JHRI.2.1.McColl Meal-Time with a Socially Assistive Robot and Older Adults at a Long-term Care Facility Derek McColl and Goldie Nejat 1,2 Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto Rehabilitation Insti...

INTRODUCTION The role of robotics in poststroke patients' rehabilitation has been investigated intensively. This paper presents the state-of-the-art and the possible future role of robotics in poststroke rehabilitation, for both upper and lower limbs. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a comprehensive search of PubMed, Cochrane, and PeDRO databases using as keywords "robot AND stroke AND reha...

Chronic motor deficits in the upper limb (UL) are a major contributor to disability following stroke. This study investigated the effect of short-duration robot-assisted therapy on motor impairment, as measured by clinical scales and robot-derived performance measures in patients with chronic, severe UL impairments after stroke. As part of a larger study, 15 individuals with chronic, severe UL ...

Traditional compliance control of a rehabilitation robot is implemented in task space by using impedance or admittance control algorithms. The soft robot actuated by pneumatic muscle actuators (PMAs) is becoming prominent for patients as it enables the compliance being adjusted in each active link, which, however, has not been reported in the literature. This paper proposes a new compliance con...

BACKGROUND Socially assistive robots are being developed for patients to help manage chronic health conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Adherence to medication and availability of rehabilitation are suboptimal in this patient group, which increases the risk of hospitalization. OBJECTIVE This pilot study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a robot delivering ...

[Purpose] Training using an arm weight-bearing device combined with upper-limb reaching apparatus to facilitate motor paralysis recovery, named the "Reaching Robot", as well as Repetitive Facilitation Exercise were applied to a patient with severe impairment of the shoulder and elbow due to incomplete spinal cord injury and the effects were examined. [Subjects and Methods] A 66-year-old man wit...

This paper presents the application of an Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) based on neural networks combined with Fuzzy Logic systems to classify physiological reactions of subjects performing robot-assisted rehabilitation therapies. First, the theoretical background of a neuro-fuzzy classifier called S-dFasArt is presented. Then, the methodology and experimental protocols to perform a robot-ass...

This paper presents a horizontal rehabilitation robot based on parallel mechanism used after the femoral shaft fracture of hip. It can help patients to do passive exercises of hip. The system consist of three degrees of freedom actuated with linear actuators. The kinematics and dynamics of the mechanism is analyzed. The mechanical design of the robot is described. The forward and inverse kinema...

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to review the effects robot-assisted therapy (RT) for improving poststroke upper extremity motor impairment. Methods PubMed, Embase, Medline, and Web Science databases were searched from inception April 8, 2020. Randomized controlled trials that conducted evaluate RT on impairment used Fugl-Meyer assessment scores as an outcome included. Two auth...