Humanoids meet rehabilitation concept and potential

Diego Torricelli, Jose L Pons

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Abstract

The development of humanoids is receiving attention in the bioengineering and health care communities, due to the high potential of bio-inspired robotics to serve as test bed of motor control theories. To this aim, Neurorobotics is gaining relevance as a way to translate the biological principles into "intelligent" machines. The result of this process is twofold: i) validating the biomechanical and neural control principles found in humans, and ii) developing more effective rehabilitation devices and strategies. In this paper, some of the main challenges of this process will be presented, with particular emphasis on the implications in diagnostic and rehabilitation of walking. As a first step in this direction, the European project H2R aims at developing a humanoid that includes the most relevant biological principles of human locomotion and posture. This new neurorobot is expected to result in a versatile test bed of future neurorehabilitation solutions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
Pages213-217
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2013
Event1st International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Duration: Sep 18 2013Sep 20 2013

Publication series

NameNEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics

Conference

Conference1st International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2013
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityVilamoura, Algarve
Period9/18/139/20/13

Keywords

  • Motor Control
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Neurorobotics
  • Neuroscience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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