Abstract Background Manual treadmill training is used for rehabilitating locomotor impairments but can be physically demanding trainers. This has been addressed by enlisting robots, in doing so, the ability of trainers to use their experience and judgment modulate assistance on fly lost. paper explores feasibility a telerobotics approach that allows patients receive remote physical from Methods...

This paper describes a telerobotic multi-sensor inspection system for space platforms developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A multi-sensor inspection end-cffcctor incorporates cameras and lighting for visual inspection, as well as temperature and gas leakdetection sensors. A graphical ,user interface at the remotely located operator workstation provides utilities to plan telerobot inspect...

A combined University / Industry team has developed a prototype system for handling protein crystals aboard the space station. This system uses a miniature direct drive robot, CCD television cameras, and a client-server computing system using internet protocols to support the capture of protein crystals from aqueous growth solutions. The system was demonstrated between Huntsville AL. and Seattl...

There are an increasing amount and variety of disasters occurring throughout the United States. Many of these disasters require physicians to provide medical assistance. This article provides a brief introduction to disaster preparedness and its recent history and physicians' obligations, role, education, preparation, and response. It is the intent of this article to increase awareness and prov...

war has devastating implications for families, communities, cultures, economies, and state infrastructure. similarly, the last decade has seen an increase in the number of attacks against health workers in conflict zones and unstable environments. unfortunately, these attacks have grave consequences for local populations which often rely on foreign aid programs for their health and well-being. ...

Surgical robotics is an evolving field with great advances having been made over the last decade. The origin of robotics was in the science-fiction literature and from there industrial applications, and more recently commercially available, surgical robotic devices have been realized. In this review, we examine the field of robotics from its roots in literature to its development for clinical s...

The Active Measurement Facility (ACME) is an integrated robotic facility designed to acquire rich measurements from objects of moderate size, for the purpose of building accurate computational models. ACME is a telerobotic system with fteen degrees of freedom, and can be controlled from any remote location on the world wide web. We provide a brief overview of ACME, followed by aspects of telepr...

This paper describes a telerobotic multi-sensor inspection system for space platforms developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A multi-sensor inspection end-eeector incorporates cameras and lighting for visual inspection, as well as temperature and gas leak-detection sensors. A graphical user interface at the remotely located operator workstation provides utilities to plan telerobot inspecti...