Human-Robot Interaction in Rehabilitation and Assistance: a Review
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REHABILITATION AND ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS (M RAISON AND S ACHICHE, SECTION EDITORS)
Human-Robot Interaction in Rehabilitation and Assistance: a Review Abolfazl Mohebbi 1
# Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Abstract Purpose of Review Research in assistive and rehabilitation robotics is a growing, promising, and challenging field emerged due to various social and medical needs such as aging populations, neuromuscular, and musculoskeletal disorders. Such robots can be used in various day-to-day scenarios or to support motor functionality, training, and rehabilitation. This paper reflects on the human-robot interaction perspective in rehabilitation and assistive robotics and reports on current issues and developments in the field. Recent Findings The survey on the literature reveals that new efforts are put on utilizing machine learning approaches alongside novel developments in sensing technology to adapt the systems with user routines in terms of activities for assistive systems and exercises for rehabilitation devices to fit each user’s need and maximize their effectiveness. Summary A review of recent research and development efforts on human-robot interaction in assistive and rehabilitation robotics is presented in this paper. First, different subdomains in assistive and rehabilitation robotic research are identified, and accordingly, a survey on the background and trends of such developments is provided. Keywords Human-robot interaction . Artificial intelligence . Human-centered design . Feedback control system . Assistive . Rehabilitation robotics
Introduction Rehabilitation robotics is a research field focused on augmenting and analyzing rehabilitation procedures by using robotic systems. Such systems are developed to aid various methods of therapeutic training and assessment of sensorimotor performance [1]. Robotic rehabilitation has been very well received by both patients and clinical professionals and has been found to be an effective method for motor function therapy in motor impairment patients such as stroke [2]. Assistive robotics, on the other hand, aims at providing support to patients with disabilities to perform their activities of daily living (ADLs) with more independence. Examples are moving, grasping, and handling objects, eating, etc. Often, a robotic system can be purposed for both rehabilitation and assisting. For example,
This article belongs to the Topical Collection on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics * Abolfazl Mohebbi [email protected] 1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
active prosthetics or exoskeletons for assisting different sensorimotor functions such as arm, hand, leg, ankle [3, 4•]. With fast-growing technological developments in artificial intelligence, sensing, computation and processing, prototyping, and fabrication, an increasing number of research efforts have been recently focused on assistive and rehabilitation robotics due to their vast capabilities in rehabilitating
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