Recent advancements in robotics and clinical neuroscience have rendered possible the use of robots as therapeutic aids for physical rehabilitation. Implementation of robotics is particularly appealing in motor retraining cases, due to the intensive and repetitive nature of the exercises. The application of robotic technology to rehabilitation also presents new avenues in rehabilitation that wer...

1Department of Medical IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 730-701, Republic of Korea 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea 3Department of Neurorehabilitation Engineering, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany 4Sensory Motor Performance Pro...

Childress, born the eldest of three children in Archie, Missouri, identified with the values of Missouri farmlands and small towns, which emphasized hard work, fair play, personal responsibility, and compassion. Growing up, Childress spent time with his maternal and paternal grandparents who lived on farms near Harrisonville, Missouri. Every summer he helped his maternal grandparents work their...

My academic career of more than 50 years has been committed to involving undergraduate and graduate students in the engineering design process [1]. A variety of experiences—childhood model making, vocational high school education, draftsman jobs, and military assignments during World War II—have convinced me that design is best learned by the necessity of reaching wellestablished and defined de...

1 Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Canada 2 Department of Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, University of Toronto, Canada 3 Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada 4 Department of Rehabilitation for Movement Functions, Research Institute of Nation...

telligent Homes: Results From Laboratory Studies and Field Trials. Elena Torta Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Human-Technology Interaction Group, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Johannes Oberzaucher, Franz Werner CEIT Raltec, Institute of Rehabilitation and Assistive Living Technologies, Concorde Business Park 2/F A...

operator's role in industrial control centers takes place in time, which is one of the most important determinants of whether an expected action is going to be successful or not. in certain situations, due to the complex nature of the work, the existing interfaces and already prepared procedures do not meet the dynamic requirements of operator's cognitive demands, making the control tasks unnec...