This paper proposes a Myo device that has electromyography (EMG) sensors for detecting electrical activities from different parts of the forearm muscles; it also has a gyroscope and an accelerometer. EMG sensors detect and provide very clear and important data from muscles compared with other types of sensors. The Myo armband sends data from EMG, gyroscope, and accelerometer sensors to a comput...

Robotic technology has promised considerable help to people with severe motor and communicative disabilities. However, due to motor and speech impairments these people are not able to handle commercial products with common interfaces for moving a particular robotic device. Scanning interfaces are used extensively for people with severe impairments and to this end, we present in this paper, a si...

Minimally invasive robotic surgery (MIRS) entails total absence of haptic feedback due to the spatial separation of patient and surgeon. In conventional surgery, however, palpation to detect superficial arteries by a slight pulsation is an important, commonly applied, and security-relevant procedure. Therefore, an ultrasound based unidirectional sensor for MIRS was developed feeding back kinest...

For severely disabled people, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) may provide the means to regain mobility and manipulation capabilities. However, information obtained from current BCIs is uncertain and of limited bandwidth and resolution. This paper presents a Bayesian framework that estimates from uncertain BCI signals a richer representation of the task a robotic mobility or manipulation device...

Following paper is focused on the computational intelligence algorithm Multi-Kernel Support Vector Machine application in the cognitive supervision of the robotic system for crisis and disaster management. The robots’ platforms applied for inspection and intervention are shown. The idea of cognitive supervision of the robotic system is presented. The idea of building cognitive map using Multi –...

In this paper an intelligent audio-video tracking system, composed by several robotic devices provided with microphone arrays and video-cameras, suitable for monitoring the presence of a walking person in a structured environment, is presented. The tracking is mainly driven by acoustic perception. The main contribution of this paper is a definition of an architecture for managing the data provi...

The present paper deals with force measurement during gait therapy assisted by a special robotic treadmill with driven robotic orthoses that guide inferior limbs movements. The objectives, the measurement setup and the results are presented. This work has been carried out in order to gather data necessary to begin the analysis and the design of a new ankle motion device. The presented results a...

The foundation of surgical robotics is in the development of the robotic arm. This is a thorough review of the literature on the nature and development of this device with emphasis on surgical applications. We have reviewed the published literature and classified robotic arms by their application: show, industrial application, medical application, etc. There is a definite trend in the manufactu...

The need for customizable properties in autonomous robotic platforms, such as in-home nursing care for the elderly and parallel implementations of human-to-machine control interfaces creates an opportunity to introduce methods deploying commonly available mobile devices running robotic command applications in managed code. This paper will discuss a human-to-machine interface and demonstrate a p...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of a robotic angioplasty system in delivery and manipulation of coronary guidewires, balloons, and stents in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND A remote-control, robotic-assisted angioplasty system is under development to address some of the procedural challenges and occupational hazards ...