Soft Robotics in Rehabilitation explores the specific branch of robotics dealing with developing robots from compliant and flexible materials. Unlike robots built from rigid materials, soft robots behave the way in which living organs move and adapt to their surroundings and allow for increased flexibility and adaptability for the user. This book is a comprehensive reference discussing the application of soft robotics for rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities separated by various limbs. The book examines various techniques applied in soft robotics, including the development of soft actuators, rigid actuators with soft behavior, intrinsically soft actuators, and soft sensors.
This book is perfect for graduate students, researchers, and professional engineers in robotics, control, mechanical, and electrical engineering who are interested in soft robotics, artificial intelligence, rehabilitation therapy, and medical and rehabilitation device design and manufacturing.
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Table of Contents
1. High torque density motor-based hybrid soft exoskeletons for gait restoration and human augmentation 2. Developments of Different Types of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite-based Soft Actuators for Robotics and Bio-mimetic Applications 3. Soft Actuators and their Potential Applications in Rehabilitative Devices 4. Design Optimization of a Solenoid-based Electromagnetic soft actuator with Permanent Magnet Core 5. Cable-driven Systems for Robotic Rehabilitation 6. XoSoft: Design of a novel soft modular exoskeleton 7. TwAS: Treadmill with Adjustable Surface Stiffness 8. An Artificial Skeletal Muscle for Use in Pediatric Rehabilitation Robotics
