Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances (Paperback)

Part I: Medical Robotics: Robotics to assist doctors 1. Robot-assisted surgery: A state of art 2. Artificial Intelligence in Robot-Assisted Surgery: Applications on Surgical Skills Assessment and Transfer 3. Surgical Robots: Haptic feedback problems and technological solutions 4. Recent advances in design and actuation of continuum robots for medical applications 5. Robotics in exploration, diagnosis, and therapy: Applications and recent innovations 6. Body-part simulators for medical training: from full-body manikin to virtual reality environment 7. Service robots in healthcare: Challenges and opportunities

Part II: Healthcare Robotics: Robotics to assist patients with health difficulties 8. Rehabilitation robotics: A state of Art 9. Gait Devices for Stroke Rehabilitation: State-of-the art, Challenges, and Open Issues 10. Robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation: Mechanical design, mathematical modeling, interactive interface, and training 11. Artificial Organs: Challenges and applications 12. Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications 13. Disinfection robots in medical applications 14. Companion robots in healthcare applications: Prospects and trends