New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics: Advances in Theory and Practice

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Differential System for Limb Rehabilitation  (Federico Ceresoli, Francesco Aggogeri, Cinzia Amici, Alberto Borboni, Rodolfo Faglia, Nicola Pellegrini et al.)....Pages 3-10
 Rehabilitation Bed with a 3D Profile of the Support Surface  (N. E. Grishchenko, R. N. Polyakov, I. A. Snimchsikova, M. A. Polyakova)....Pages 11-16
 Performance of a Thermal Bipedal Walker on Inclined Surfaces  (Lingchao Su, Takeru Nemoto, Akio Yamamoto)....Pages 17-24
 Effectiveness of Physical Exercises in the Treatment of Scoliosis - Mathematical Approach  (A.-M. Vutan, C. M. Gruescu, V. Ciupe, D. Margineanu, E.-C. Lovasz)....Pages 25-34
 Simplified Design of a Device for Wrist Rehabilitation  (G. García, V. Ramírez, O. Ramírez, J. L. Rueda, C. R. Torres)....Pages 35-42
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 Design of a Teleoperation Scheme with a Wearable Master for Minimally Invasive Surgery  (Gizem Ateş, Ronny Majani, Mehmet İsmet Can Dede)....Pages 45-53
 Automatic Device for Skin Biopsy  (J. Meneses, J. C. García-Prada, C. Castejón, H. Rubio)....Pages 54-61
 Design of a Methodology for the Determination of the Mechanical Rib Stiffness as Injury Index  (L. A. Aguilar, Ch. R. Torres-San-Miguel, M. Ceccarelli, I. Sánchez-Cruz, J. A. Leal-Naranjo, C. G. Urriolagoitia)....Pages 62-69
 Enabling Minimal Invasive Palpation in Flexible Robotic Endoscopes  (Ivan Sušić, Azhar Zam, Philippe C. Cattin, Georg Rauter)....Pages 70-77
 ROSA – RObotic System for Angioplasty  (Pasquale F. Greco, Gabriuele Larocca, Michele Perrelli, Guido Danieli, Salvatore De Rosa, Ciro Indolfi)....Pages 78-90
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 Design and Simulation of a Leg Exoskeleton Linkage for Human Motion Assistance  (I. Geonea, D. Tarnita, G. Carbone, M. Ceccarelli)....Pages 93-100
 Numerical Simulation of a Leg Exoskeleton for Human Motion Assistance  (C. Copilusi, S. Dumitru, I. Geonea, E. Rosu, M. Ceccarelli)....Pages 101-108
 Exoskeletons as Mechatronic Design Example  (Hannes Bleuler, Tristan Vouga, Amalric Ortlieb, Romain Baud, Jemina Fasola, Jeremy Olivier et al.)....Pages 109-117
 A Characterization of a Robotic Hand with Movable Palm  (F. J. Espinosa García, M. Ceccarelli, M. Arias Montiel, G. Carbone, E. Lugo Gonzalez, M. Russo)....Pages 118-125
 Wearable Working Assist Mechanism for Hemiplegics Capable of Changing Step Length and Walking Direction  (Daisuke Matsuura, Yuta Chounan, Yusuke Sugahara, Yukio Takeda)....Pages 126-133
 Wearable Upper Limb Exoskeletons: Generations, Design Challenges and Task Oriented Synthesis  (Sakshi Gupta, Anupam Agrawal, Ekta Singla)....Pages 134-142
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 Neurorobotic Investigation by Using a Basic Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex System Algorithm  (A. Nussibaliyeva, A. Mussina, G. Carbone, B. Tultayev, G. Balbayev)....Pages 145-152
 Kinect-Based Approach for Upper Body Movement Assessment in Stroke  (S. Spasojević, A. Rodić, J. Santos-Victor)....Pages 153-160
 Analytical Study for the Capability Implementation of an Underactuated Three-Finger Hand  (Chiara Cosenza, Vincenzo Niola, Sergio Savino)....Pages 161-168
 IBM Cloud Services Enhance Automatic Cognitive Assessment via Human-Robot Interaction  (Simone Varrasi, Alexander Lucas, Alessandro Soranzo, John McNamara, Alessandro Di Nuovo)....Pages 169-176
 Concept Design and Dynamic Modelling of a Fibre-Based Continuum Robot for Early Cancer Detection Using DT-TMM  (Mathias Bærenholdt, Lidai Wang, Xuping Zhang)....Pages 177-185
 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  (Amin Hekmatmanesh, Huapeng Wu, Ming Li, Ali Motie Nasrabadi, Heikki Handroos)....Pages 186-195
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 Optimization of Neural Network Hyperparameters for Modeling of Soft Pneumatic Actuators  (Mats Wiese, Gundula Runge-Borchert, Annika Raatz)....Pages 199-206
 A Novel Pneutronic Device for the Investigation of Compression-Induced Physiological Phenomena: Modeling and Experimental Testing  (Carlo Ferraresi, Carlo De Benedictis, Daniela Maffiodo, Walter Franco, Alessandro Messere, Raffaele Pertusio et al.)....Pages 207-215
 Viscoelastic Modeling of Human Nasal Tissues with a Mobile Measurement Device  (O. Işıtman, O. Ayit, E. Vardarlı, Ş. Hanalioğlu, İ. Işıkay, M. Berker et al.)....Pages 216-224
 Design of a Test Bench to Simulate Cranial Sudden Impact  (J. L. Rueda Arreguín, C. R. Torres San Miguel, M. Ceccarelli, V. Ramírez Vela, G. M. Urriolagoitia Calderón)....Pages 225-234
 Nonlinear Analysis of Human Ankle Dynamics  (Daniela Tarnita, Marius Georgescu, Ionut Geonea, Alin Petcu, Danut-Nicolae Tarnita)....Pages 235-243
 Experimental Characterizations of Operation of Exoskeleton-Assisted Wheelchair  (Gao Huang, Marco Cecarelli, Weimin Zhang, Qiang Huang)....Pages 244-252
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 Design of CUBE, a Cable-Driven Device for Upper and Lower Limb Exercising  (Daniele Cafolla, Matteo Russo, Giuseppe Carbone)....Pages 255-263
 A 3D Visual Tracking Method for Rehabilitation Path Planning  (Daniele Cafolla)....Pages 264-272
 Optimal Design of Cable Driven Robot for Rehabilitation with Prescribed Workspace  (M. A. Laribi, G. Carbone, S. Zeghloul)....Pages 273-282
 Design of a Mechanical Interface for a Cable-Driven Rehabilitation Device  (Viorela Alexandra Lazăr, Daniele Cafolla, Doina Pisla, Giuseppe Carbone)....Pages 283-292
 RAISE - An Innovative Parallel Robotic System for Lower Limb Rehabilitation  (Calin Vaida, Iosif Birlescu, Adrian Pisla, Giuseppe Carbone, Nicolae Plitea, Ionut Ulinici et al.)....Pages 293-302
 Design of Dual-Arm Exoskeleton for Mirrored Upper Limb Rehabilitation  (Iuliu Nadas, Doina Pisla, Marco Ceccarelli, Calin Vaida, Bogdan Gherman, Paul Tucan et al.)....Pages 303-311
Back Matter ....Pages 313-315