A wearable robot is a mechatronic system that is designed around the
shape and function of the human body, with segments and joints
corresponding to those of the person it is externally coupled with.
Teleoperation and power amplification were the first applications, but
after recent technological advances the range of application fields
has widened. Increasing recognition from the scientific community
means that this technology is now employed in telemanipulation,
man-amplification, neuromotor control research and rehabilitation, and
to assist with impaired human motor control. Logical in structure and
original in its global orientation, this volume gives a full overview
of wearable robotics, providing the reader with a complete
understanding of the key applications and technologies suitable for
its development. The main topics are demonstrated through two detailed
case studies; one on a lower limb active orthosis for a human leg, and
one on a wearable robot that suppresses upper limb tremor. These
examples highlight the difficulties and potentialities in this area of
technology, illustrating how design decisions should be made based on
these. As well as discussing the cognitive interaction between human
and robot, this comprehensive text also covers: the mechanics of the
wearable robot and it’s biomechanical interaction with the user,
including state-of-the-art technologies that enable sensory and motor
interaction between human (biological) and wearable artificial
(mechatronic) systems; the basis for bioinspiration and biomimetism,
general rules for the development of biologically-inspired designs,
and how these could serve recursively as biological models to explain
biological systems; the study on the development of networks for
wearable robotics. Wearable Robotics: Biomechatronic Exoskeletons will
appeal to lecturers, senior undergraduate students, postgraduates and
other researchers of medical, electrical and bio engineering who are
interested in the area of assistive robotics. Active system developers
in this sector of the engineering industry will also find it an
informative and welcome resource.
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Biomechatronic Exoskeletons
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780470987650
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Wiley Global Research (STMS)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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