Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances provides an overview and exclusive insights into current trends, the most recent innovations, and concerns in medical robotics. The book covers the major areas of medical robotics, including rehabilitation devices, artificial organs, assistive technologies, service robotics, and robotic devices for surgery, exploration, diagnosis, therapy, and training. It highlights the limitations and the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence for medical and healthcare applications.
The book is a timely and comprehensive reference guide for undergraduate-level students, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, control systems engineering, and biomedical engineering. It can be useful for master’s programs, leading consultants, and industrial companies. The book can be of high interest for physicians and physiotherapists and all technical people in the medical and biomedical fields.
1. Introduction - p. Page ix 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xviii 3. List of Tables - p. Page xix 4. Chapter 1 : Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications - p. Page xix 5. Chapter 2 : Soft robotics in medical applications: State of the art, challenges, and recent advances - p. Page 19 6. Chapter 3 : Rehabilitation robotics:History, applications, and recent advances - p. Page 55 7. Chapter 4 : Gait devices for stroke rehabilitation: State-of-the-art, challenges, and open issues - p. Page 82 8. Chapter 5 : Robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation: A review - p. Page 116 9. Chapter 6 : Failure of total hip arthroplasty (THA): State of the art - p. Page 152 10. Chapter 7 : Artificial intelligence in robot-assisted surgery: Applications to surgical skills assessment and transfer - p. Page 176 11. Chapter 8 : A virtual-based haptic endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) training system: From development to validation - p. Page 196 12. Chapter 9 : Medical and healthcare robots in India - p. Page 216 13. Chapter 10 : Trend of implementing service robots in medical institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review - p. Page 235 14. Chapter 11 : Conclusions - p. Page 258 15. Index - p. Page 264
Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances provides an overview and exclusive insights into current trends, the most recent innovations, and concerns in medical robotics. The book covers the major areas of medical robotics, including rehabilitation devices, artificial organs, assistive technologies, service robotics, and robotic devices for surgery, exploration, diagnosis, therapy, and training. It highlights the limitations and the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence for medical and healthcare applications.
The book is a timely and comprehensive reference guide for undergraduate-level students, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, control systems engineering, and biomedical engineering. It can be useful for master’s programs, leading consultants, and industrial companies. The book can be of high interest for physicians and physiotherapists and all technical people in the medical and biomedical fields.
1. Introduction - p. Page ix 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xviii 3. List of Tables - p. Page xix 4. Chapter 1 : Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications - p. Page xix 5. Chapter 2 : Soft robotics in medical applications: State of the art, challenges, and recent advances - p. Page 19 6. Chapter 3 : Rehabilitation robotics:History, applications, and recent advances - p. Page 55 7. Chapter 4 : Gait devices for stroke rehabilitation: State-of-the-art, challenges, and open issues - p. Page 82 8. Chapter 5 : Robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation: A review - p. Page 116 9. Chapter 6 : Failure of total hip arthroplasty (THA): State of the art - p. Page 152 10. Chapter 7 : Artificial intelligence in robot-assisted surgery: Applications to surgical skills assessment and transfer - p. Page 176 11. Chapter 8 : A virtual-based haptic endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) training system: From development to validation - p. Page 196 12. Chapter 9 : Medical and healthcare robots in India - p. Page 216 13. Chapter 10 : Trend of implementing service robots in medical institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review - p. Page 235 14. Chapter 11 : Conclusions - p. Page 258 15. Index - p. Page 264
