Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
Abstract
Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics investigates the application of robotics in therapy procedures for recovering motor control and motor capabilities in persons with impairment following accidents or diseases such as strokes. It also aims at developing robotic aids for independent living for elderly and disabled people. With the growth of the elderly and disabled population in Europe, in the last decades, this area is getting more and more important for robotics.
This special session aims to bring together robotic researchers both at academic and industrial level worldwide with emphasis for the Iberian community, performing research on Rehabilitation and Assistive robotics.
Topics
Rehabilitation robotics
Assistive robotics
Human-robot interfaces
Limb rehabilitation
Robotic prosthesis
Organizers
Brígida Mónica Faria, Polytechnic of Porto (ESS - P.PORTO), Portugal
Juan C. Moreno, Cajal Institute, Spain
Luis Paulo Reis, University of Porto, Portugal
Program committee
Marcelo Petry - INESC TEC's - Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems Center
Alejandro Linares-Barranco - University of Seville
Cristina Santos – University of Minho
Nicolas Garcia-Aracil - UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ
Alicia Casals - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Marco Ceccarelli - University of Cassino
Filomena Soares - University of Minho
Antonio J. del Ama - Rey Juan Carlos University
Andrés Úbeda - University of Alicante
Eduardo Iáñez - Miguel Hernández University of Elche
Nuno Lau - university of Aveiro
Armando Sousa - university of Porto
Manuel Silva - ISEP-IPP and INESC TEC CRIIS
António Paulo Moreira - University of Porto