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Dr Ravi Vaidyanathan is a Senior Lecturer in Biodynamics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol and Head of Rehabilitation Robotics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL). He earned his Ph.D. in biologically inspired systems at Case Western Reserve University (USA) in 2001, and worked in industry through 2004, holding two directorships in control systems and medical engineering.
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The video shows how the humanoid iCub robot assists people with severe motor control deficits to engage in social interaction without the need for any own movements. The system is based on a brain-robot interface that analyzes human brain signals in real-time and triggers the interaction. The system is hybrid in the sense that unlike many other brain-machine interfaces two different brain patterns are analyzed in parallel and used for different elements of the interaction. Further, the robot is not fully controlled by the interface, but its semi-autonomous behavior is manipulated only when the user needs assistance.
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Welcome to rehab robot. Having started in the industrial assembly lines, robots are slowing entering other parts of human endeavors. Think about those things that scurry around the floor, cleaning and sweeping and polishing, taking the burden off our backs and relieving us of sometimes backbreaking work.
In hospitals, robots are becoming intelligent enough to assist in all sorts of physical therapy, helping us to walk again, or just get back proper movement in an injured limb.
There are even a few industry associations which have sprung up over the last decade, focusing on the use of intelligent machines for all sorts of rehabilitation. Say, for instance, the use of virtual reality which is being used to treat all sorts of mental disorders – such as post traumatic stress syndrome.
Yes – the robots will continue to become familiar landscape in our everyday existence. They will patrol our homes, clean our pools, educate our young, and provide companionship and assistance for our elderly. The world will soon be changed quite a bit – you can be sure.
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