Preface:

Injuries to body parts such as knees, ankles, fingers, hands, etc., can require extensive rehabilitation to prevent loss of life function to the person involved. Increasingly, practitioners are employing robots and smart technologies to assist with such rehabilitation. In this seminar, we identified exemplary robots used to assess and treat injury to the upper and/or lower limbs. We discussed the process behind their development, which takes into account the causes of the injuries, the biomechanics of recovery, and the human interactions needed to assess the injury and move the body part. The seminar touched on the workings of the human body, including the muscle movements, that are relevant to the injuries in question. Participants also visited the lab to observe and manipulate the technologies under development.