[Tyler]

Robots: Stroke Rehabilitation  
     


The latest episode of the Robots podcast looks at using
robots to help stroke victims. Unlike other stroke rehabilitation
projects like the MIT robotic
brace which focus on arm motion, Ludovic
Dovat is concerned with the considerably more difficult task of
providing rehabilitation for the hand. Working as part of a
multi-national team at the National University of Singapore, Dovat
reports on three systems that allowed stroke victims to re-learn complex
tasks such as handwriting, manipulation and coordination of their
fingers. In a second interview physiotherapist David
Brown describes how his Chicago-based company Kinea Design tries to aid stroke
victims recover their walking skills. Read
on and tune
in!

   

http://robots.net/article/2943.html