KT-Equal sponsored workshop: Robots supporting personal independence and rehabilitation – potentials and possibilities
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 16:34It is our pleasure to invite your for a KT-Equal sponsored workshop on the 24th of November.
Please find attached our preliminary agenda for the day. Attendance is free of charge but it is by registration and limited to the first 100 participants. Registration is via SPARC website below:
http://www.sparc.ac.uk/workshops/2009%2D11%2D24%2Drobots%2Dfor%2Drehabil...
Further information including directions and best ways to reach us can be found here:
http://www.sparc.ac.uk/workshops/2009-11-24-robots-for-rehabilitation/pr...
What are this site's aims?
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 15:56This website provides basic means of gathering momentum and grouping current experts in the field of Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics. It is intended to encourage interaction between different disciplines involved in the full life cycle of assistive and rehabilitation robotics, from basic users, researchers and clinicians, ultimately to policy makers and commercial entities. Our definitive aim has been to gather momentum for engaging in joint research, nationally and internationally.
September 2009,
Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian
The New Jersey Institute of Technology Robot-Assisted Virtual Rehabilitation (NJIT-RAVR) system for children with cerebral palsy: a feasibility study
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:21You might be interested to read the latest article from the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation. Please follow this link:
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/6/1/40
Autonomous Systems – Challenges, Developments and Opportunities (Nov 26 & 27)
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 13:03Overview
The capabilities of Autonomous Systems are growing: they can detonate unexploded bombs; provide care for the elderly and infirm; collect soil samples from hostile environments; and carry out significant surgical operations. The market for Autonomous Systems sector is poised for considerable growth; fuelled by the challenges of caring for a growing elderly population, increasing security threats to society, and coping with skills shortages.
BBC: New robotic hand 'can feel'
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 13:01Interesting development from colleagues in Pisa, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna reported by BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8313037.stm
Hope you enjoy it.
Farshid
Whole-body isometric force/torque measurements for functional assessment in neuro-rehabilitation: platform design, development and verification
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 13:21Here you will find the latest article from JNER:
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/6/1/38
Hope you enjoy reading it.
Best wishes,
Farshid
PhD Studentship in Assistive, Rehabilitative and Assessment Robotics
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 13:13
Science and Technology Research Institute
University of Hertfordshire
Applications are invited from candidates with good first degrees in computer science, information technology, electronic engineering, physics, biology or other relevant disciplines to join projects as research students for a three year period in Assistive, Rehabilitative and Assessment Robotics.
Successful candidate may be eligible for a research studentship award from the University (equivalent to £13,290 per annum bursary plus the payment of the standard UK student fees).
Society for Research In Rehabilitation
Submitted by Sarah Tyson on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 15:49Dear All
The next meeting of the Society for Research in Rehabilitation will be held at the University of Salford on 2nd Feb.
The symposia are on "Implementing research in to practice" and "The implications for practice of recent research on stroke recovery" and there are free papers and posters.
There is a call for abstracts on any topic relating to rehabilitation – Deadline 5th November, details on the SRR website (www.srr.org.uk)
Please could you circulate the attached flyer to your contacts and networks, and consider coming yourself too of course.
See you there
Regards
The Robot Report: Funding for Robotic Research, Defense, Start-ups and Commercial Apps Begins
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 15:43Story From the Robot Report Mailing list published with permission from Frank Tobe
THE ROBOT REPORT has the largest online (free) directory of worldwide robotic businesses and research facilities and tracks the daily business of robotics on it's site.
The Reality of Robot Surrogates
Submitted by Farshid Amirabd... on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 13:27Some might this an interesting read:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates
