International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics: Volume 7 Issue 3

A pediatric robotic thumb exoskeleton for at-home rehabilitation : The isolated orthosis for thumb actuation (IOTA)

Patrick Aubin, Kelsey Petersen, Hani Sallum, Conor Walsh, Annette Correia, Leia Stirling

Pediatric disorders, such as cerebral palsy and stroke, can result in thumb-in-palm deformity greatly limiting hand function. This not only limits children's ability to perform…

Integrated vision-based system for efficient, semi-automated control of a robotic manipulator

Hairong Jiang, Juan P. Wachs, Bradley S. Duerstock

The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated, computer vision-based system to operate a commercial wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulator (WMRM). In addition, a gesture…

Characterizing the human-robot haptic dyad in robot therapy of stroke survivors

Dalia De Santis, Jacopo Zenzeri, Maura Casadio, Lorenzo Masia, Valentina Squeri, Pietro Morasso

The working hypothesis, on which this paper is built, is that it is advantageous to look at protocols of robot rehabilitation in the general context of human-robot interaction in…

Ergonomic design of a wrist robot : The influence of hyperstaticity on reaction forces and motor strategies

Mohammad Esmaeili, Nathanaël Jarrassé, Wayne Dailey, Etienne Burdet, Domenico Campolo

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to avoid hyperstaticity and eventually reduce the magnitude of undesired force/torques. The authors also study the influence of…

Towards designing telepresence robot navigation for people with disabilities

Katherine M. Tsui, Eric McCann, Amelia McHugh, Mikhail Medvedev, Holly A. Yanco, David Kontak, Jill L. Drury

The authors believe that people with cognitive and motor impairments may benefit from using of telepresence robots to engage in social activities. To date, these systems have not…

Editorial

Dr Guilherme N. DeSouza