Abstract

Special Collection on advances in rehabilitation engineering with robotics and mechatronic devices

Highlights

  • Rehabilitation engineering has played a crucial role in improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, by developing innovative devices and assistive technologies

  • Robotics and mechatronics applications have rapidly expanded from the industrial environment to human assistance in rehabilitation and functional improvements

  • The challenge is to transfer the research results and new knowledge to stakeholders, creating a general awareness of the importance of rehabilitation engineering. The purpose of this Special Collection is to collect high-quality research and contributions that deal with recent advances and developments in rehabilitation engineering, focusing on innovative support systems and robots, novel mechatronic devices and technologies for assistance and rehabilitation of human movements

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Introduction

Rehabilitation engineering has played a crucial role in improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, by developing innovative devices and assistive technologies. Robotics and mechatronics applications have rapidly expanded from the industrial environment to human assistance in rehabilitation and functional improvements. This motivates researchers to study, design, and develop novel rehabilitative and assistive technologies and methods to help people to recover or improve cognitive and motor functions.

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