An ankle rehabilitation robot has been conceptualized and designed to realize the range of motion, muscle strengthening and proprioception training exercises for ankle joint. The robotic device is intended to help patients and therapists in their cooperative efforts for the treatment of impaired ankle joint as a result of injury or stroke. After analyzing the ankle joint anatomy and its motions...

This work introduces a real-time system able to lead humanoid robot behavior depending on the gender of the interacting person. It exploits Aldebaran NAO humanoid robot view capabilities by applying a gender prediction algorithm based on the face analysis. The system can also manage multiple persons at the same time, recognizing if the group is composed by men, women or is a mixed one and, in t...

Abstract— In this paper, the trajectory planning of a two-link rehabilitation robot arm is addressed. Firstly, a Cartesian planning of the trajectory is defined to perform a proper motion exercise for the patient’s arm. Secondly, a trajectory planning in joint space is studied to obtain a similar Cartesian path with less computational complexity. The robot arm analyzed is the two degrees of fre...

Focusing on providing stable and smooth robot-assisted exercises, this paper proposes a novel dynamic interpolation strategy to improve the robot movement performances. During the robot-assisted exercise, the designed control system dynamically employs appropriate interpolation method according to the physical state of the training impaired limb (PSTIL). The remarkable feature of this strategy ...

This paper deals with the social human-robot interaction with children towards the application outside tightly controlled and constrained laboratory environments. We present our experience of using the Nao humanoid robotic platform in a role of a physiotherapist for rehabilitation and prevention of scoliosis in a children’s hospital and an elementary school in Slovakia. Before and between the e...

In the growing field of rehabilitation robotics, the modelling of a real robot is a complex and passionate challenge. On the crossing point of mechanics, physics and computer-science, the development of a complete 3D model involves the knowledge of the different physic properties, for an accurate simulation. In this paper, it is proposed the design of an efficient three-dimensional model of the...

We review results of initial clinical trials with 76 stroke patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. They provide evidence that robot-aided training enhances recovery. We also discuss technology under development, including algorithms for evaluating patients’ performance. To conclude, we summarize different modalities of robot-aided therapy. In our initial clinical trials we used a single...

This paper examines the design and fabrication of a soft robot that can connect to virtual reality environment. study's primary objective is utilize these technologies concurrently demonstrate their applicability in various applications, particularly rehabilitation. Therefore, process designing modeling carried out, an applied model created using 3D printer silicon material, which then installe...

The paper discusses dynamics in human robot interaction Firstly we propose a terminology for classifying robot human interaction dynamics of increasing complexity Secondly we address the role of human robot interaction in a particular application area namely rehabilitation Speci cally we discuss the area of autism and how mo bile robots can play a therapeutic role in the reha bilitation of chil...

The following review is a short presentation of the interactions of robots with the rehabilitation medicine domain that can be very favorable and have many advantages for human being (therapist and patient also). The history of robots application in medical rehabilitation is at the beginning, and the development of these technologies must follow a trend of improvement of patient life style, als...