New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics

Chapter 1 Differential System for Limb Rehabilitation

Chapter 2 Rehabilitation Bed with a 3D Profile of the Support Surface

Chapter 3 Performance of a Thermal Bipedal Walker on Inclined Surfaces

Chapter 4 Effectiveness of Physical Exercises in the Treatment of Scoliosis - Mathematical Approach

Chapter 5 Simplified Design of a Device for Wrist Rehabilitation

Chapter 6 Design of a Teleoperation Scheme with a Wearable Master for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chapter 7 Automatic Device for Skin Biopsy

Chapter 8 Design of a Methodology for the Determination of the Mechanical Rib Stiffness as Injury Index

Chapter 9 Enabling Minimal Invasive Palpation in Flexible Robotic Endoscopes

Chapter 10 ROSA – RObotic System for Angioplasty

Chapter 11 Design and Simulation of a Leg Exoskeleton Linkage for Human Motion Assistance

Chapter 12 Numerical Simulation of a Leg Exoskeleton for Human Motion Assistance

Chapter 13 Exoskeletons as Mechatronic Design Example

Chapter 14 A Characterization of a Robotic Hand with Movable Palm

Chapter 15 Wearable Working Assist Mechanism for Hemiplegics Capable of Changing Step Length and Walking Direction

Chapter 16 Wearable Upper Limb Exoskeletons: Generations, Design Challenges and Task Oriented Synthesis

Chapter 17 Neurorobotic Investigation by Using a Basic Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex System Algorithm

Chapter 18 Kinect-Based Approach for Upper Body Movement Assessment in Stroke

Chapter 19 Analytical Study for the Capability Implementation of an Underactuated Three-Finger Hand

Chapter 20 IBM Cloud Services Enhance Automatic Cognitive Assessment via Human-Robot Interaction

Chapter 21 Concept Design and Dynamic Modelling of a Fibre-Based Continuum Robot for Early Cancer Detection Using DT-TMM

Chapter 22 Optimized Mother Wavelet in a Combination of Wavelet Packet with Detrended Fluctuation Analysis for Controlling a Remote Vehicle with Imagery Movement: A Brain Computer Interface Study

Chapter 23 Optimization of Neural Network Hyperparameters for Modeling of Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Chapter 24 A Novel Pneutronic Device for the Investigation of Compression-Induced Physiological Phenomena: Modeling and Experimental Testing

Chapter 25 Viscoelastic Modeling of Human Nasal Tissues with a Mobile Measurement Device

Chapter 26 Design of a Test Bench to Simulate Cranial Sudden Impact

Chapter 27 Nonlinear Analysis of Human Ankle Dynamics

Chapter 28 Experimental Characterizations of Operation of Exoskeleton-Assisted Wheelchair

Chapter 29 Design of CUBE, a Cable-Driven Device for Upper and Lower Limb Exercising

Chapter 30 A 3D Visual Tracking Method for Rehabilitation Path Planning

Chapter 31 Optimal Design of Cable Driven Robot for Rehabilitation with Prescribed Workspace

Chapter 32 Design of a Mechanical Interface for a Cable-Driven Rehabilitation Device

Chapter 33 RAISE - An Innovative Parallel Robotic System for Lower Limb Rehabilitation

Chapter 34 Design of Dual-Arm Exoskeleton for Mirrored Upper Limb Rehabilitation