Description
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.- Covers the main areas of medical and healthcare robotics- Presents the most recent innovations and trends in medical and healthcare robotics- Contains chapters written by eminent researchers in the field
Table of Contents
1. Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications2. Soft Robotics in Medical Applications: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Recent Advances3. Rehabilitation Robotics: History, Applications, and Recent Advances4. Gait Devices for Stroke Rehabilitation: State-of-the art, Challenges, and Open Issues5. Robotic Device for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Review6. Failure of Total Hip Arthroplasty: State of the Art7. Artificial Intelligence in Robot-Assisted Surgery: Applications on Surgical Skills Assessment and Transfer8. A Virtual-based Haptic Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Training System: From Development to Validation9. Medical and Healthcare Robots in India10. Trend of Implementation of Service Robots in Medical Institutions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A review11. Conclusions and Perspectives
