Biomedical Robots and Devices in Healthcare. Opportunities and Challenges for Future Applications. Medical Robots and Devices: New Developments and Advances

Authors

Faiz Iqbal Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, UK. Dr. Faiz Iqbal received his B.Tech in Mechanical and Automation Engineering in 2011, M.Tech in Mechatronics Engineering in 2013, and PhD in Manufacturing Automation in 2019 from India. He is currently a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He has published several research papers and holds four patents, and has received multiple awards for his contributions in research and innovation. His research interests include Mechatronics, Industrial Automation, Smart Manufacturing, Fluidic logic/Soft Robotics, and Industry 4.0. He successfully delivered a COVID-19 project and was awarded the COVID-19 Engineering Medal by the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Pushpendra Gupta Research Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Pushpendra Gupta is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He received his M.Tech in Production Engineering (Gold Medalist) in 2015 and B.Tech in Mechanical and Automation Engineering in 2011 from India. He has also worked as a faculty member for 2.5 years at MITRC Alwar before joining IIT Kharagpur. His research interests include humanoid robots, soft computing, evolutionary optimization, and their application in multi-criterion optimization, modeling, and machine learning. Vidyapati Kumar Research Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Vidyapati Kumar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He completed his Master's in Engineering in Production Engineering in 2018 and Bachelor's in Technology in Mechanical Engineering in 2016. Before starting his Ph.D., he worked for 1.7 years as a project assistant at the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research. He has published research in SCI/Scopus indexed journals and conference proceedings, and has obtained both an Australian and Indian patent for his innovative research. His research area includes Rehabilitation Robotics, Biomedical devices, and the application of soft computing tools in solving optimization and decision-making problems. Dilip Kumar Pratihar Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Dr. Dilip Kumar Pratihar is a Professor (HAG Scale) in the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur, India and former Professor-in-charge of the Centre for Excellence in Robotics. He received his BE (Hons.), M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, and Ph.D. from various Indian institutions, as well as post-doctoral study at universities in Japan and Germany. He has received multiple awards, including the University Gold Medal, INSA Teachers' Award, Technologist of the Year Award, and Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has made significant contributions to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in fields such as Industrial Automation, Robotics, Health Care, and Education Technology. He has published several books and hundreds of publications in reputed journals, conferences, and book chapters. He is a regular reviewer for several international journals and a member of the editorial board of several international journals. He has filed patents and received 1 copyright. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ASME, and a Member of AMM.