Activities

Towards Inclusive NeuroRehabilitation and Rehabilitation Robots

August 21, 2024 was our August installment of the monthly seminar that ourTC has been co-sponsoring. This webinar hosted a discussion on how to make rehab robotics more inclusive.

The TC sponsored the workshop providing support for a social dinner with the workshop organisers and speakers, fostering networking activities.

Pictures of the workshop organisers and the social dinner sponsored by the TC with the speakers

– Name of workshop: ICRA2024 Workshop A-HUMAN – Advanced HUMAN-robot interfaces based on physiological signals and sensory stimulations​

– Name of award: Best paper award

– Name of recipient(s): Alessandra Bernardini, Roberto Meattini, Alex Pasquali,​ Gianluca Palli, and Claudio Melchiorri​

– Title of paper: Probabilistic Description of Grasp Through Hidden Markov Models for Grasp Strength Regulation in sEMG Driven Robot Hand Control: Preliminary Results

For more information on workshops, visit this link.

• Workshop “Assistance and Service Robotics in a Human Environment” (Organizers: Samer Mohammed, David Daney, Yacine Amirat, Abdelghani Chibani, Anne Spalanzani, Ren Luo), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016) Daejeon, Korea, October 14, 2016, http://lissi.fr/iros-ar2016/doku.php/start
• Workshop “Assistance and Service Robotics in a Human Environment” (Organizers: Yacine Amirat, Samer Mohammed, David Daney, Anne Spalanzani, Norihiro Hagita, Abdelghani Chibani, Ren Luo), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015) Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015, http://lissi.fr/iros-ar2015/doku.php
• Workshop “Affordable rehabilitation and assistive robotics for low resource settings and developing Countries” (Organizers: Michelle J Johnson, Karla Bustamante-Valles, Stefano Mazzoleni, Rui Loureiro), 14th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2015), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, August 11, 2015.
• Workshop “Challenges and Strategies in the Design and Control of Upper Extremity Exoskeletons” (Organizers: Ashish Deshpande, Marcia O’Malley), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015), Seattle, Washington (USA), 26-30 May, 2015, http://www.me.utexas.edu/~reneu/ICRA2015/workshop.html
• Workshop “Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics: Bridging the Gap Between Clinicians and Roboticists”(Organizers: Brenna Argall, Siddhartha Srinivasa), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2014), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 14–18, 2014, http://users.eecs.northwestern.edu/~argall/14rar/.
• Special Issue on “Haptics in Rehabilitation and Neural Engineering” was published on the IEEE Transactions on Haptics – RAS co-sponsored journal (vol. 7. n. 2, April-June 2014). Guest Editors: Antonio Frisoli, Marcia O’Malley, Domenico Campolo, and Kathleen Sienko.
• Special Issue on “Wearable Robotics” was published on the IEEE Robotics an Automation Magazine (vol. 21, n. 4, December 2014). Guest Editors: Rocco Vertechy, Dino Accoto, and Hugh Herr.
• Special Issue on “Assistive Robotics” was published on the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (vol. 20, n. 1, March 2013). Past and current TC co-chairs have served as Guest Editors (Loredana Zollo, Kazuyoshi Wada, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos)
• Workshop “Novel patient-robot interfaces and multimodal interaction in Rehabilitation Robotics”, IEEE RO-MAN ’14 – The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August 25, 2014, Contact Information: Stefano Mazzoleni ([email protected]), http://sssa.bioroboticsinstitute.it/events/Novel_patient-robot_Edinburgh_29Aug
• Workshop “Robotics for neuro-rehabilitation: paradigm change for a real technological and clinical breakthrough?”, 5th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2014), São Paulo, Brasil, August 12-15, 2014, Contact Information: Stefano Mazzoleni ([email protected]), http://www.biorob2014.org/Tutorials-and-workshops.html
• Workshop on “Robotics for neuro-rehabilitation: strategies to increasing impact on clinical and industrial field”, June 26, 2013 – ICORR 2013, Seattle, USA, Contact Information: Stefano Mazzoleni ([email protected]), http://depts.washington.edu/uwconf/icorr2013/neuro_rehabilitation.html
• Workshop on “Robotics for neuro-rehabilitation: challenges for improving impact on clinical practice”, June 24, 2012 – BIOROB 2012, Roma, Italy, Contact Information: Stefano Mazzoleni ([email protected])
• Workshop on “Robotics for rehabilitation: current impact on clinical practice and challenges for improving quality of life”, December 4, 2011 – 2011 European Robotics Week, Volterra, Italy, Contact Information: Stefano Mazzoleni ([email protected]), http://www-arts.sssup.it/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=European+Robotics+Week+2011+Robotics+for+Rehabilitation
• Special Issue on Assistive Robotics for IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Special Issue November 1, 2011 – USA, Contact Information: Loredana Zollo ([email protected]) The call for papers is now open. Deadline for paper submission is March 01, 2012. To submit a paper, go here: http://ras.papercept.net/journals/ra-mag/scripts/login.pl
• Workshop on New and Emerging Technologies in Assistive Robotics @ IROS2011 Workshop September 26, 2011 – San Francisco, California, Contact Information: Kazuyoshi Wada ([email protected]) A half-day workshop will be held in conjunction with IROS 2011 in San Francisco, California. The workshop is scheduled for Monday, September 26, 2011. Extended abstract submission is now open. The deadline is July 25, 2011.
• Contribution to “Springer Handbook of Medical Technology” Book August 30, 2011 – Boston Contact Information: Loredana Zollo ([email protected]) The Handbook offers a broad introduction to the world of medical technology, fully considering today’s progress and further development in all relevant fields. It includes one part dedicated to ‘Therapeutic Devices’ and one chapter on rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics. The Handbook will be presented @ EMBC ’11 in Boston, Massachusetts, 30 Aug 2011 – 3 Sep 2011
• Special Issue on Assistive Robotics submitted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Publication – Journal Special Issue April 14, 2011 – USA Contact Information: Loredana Zollo ([email protected]) A proposal for a special issue on Assistive Robotics has been submitted to RAM and is currently under evaluation by the Editorial Board. If approved, the Call for Papers is expected to appear by the end of 2011.
• Special Session on Rehabilitation Robotics @EMBC Organized Session July 30, 2010 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, Contact Information: Dino Accoto ([email protected]) Two oral sessions on rehabilitation robotics will be held on September 2 and 3, respectively, and one poster session will be held on September 1. The organized sessions are sponsored by the RAS TC on Rehabilitation & Assistive Robotics
• Workshop on Future Trends in Rehabilitation Robotics @ BioRob2010 Workshop July 30, 2010 – Tokyo, Japan, Contact Information: Aracil Nicolas M. Garcia ([email protected])
• Workshop on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robots for an Aging Society Workshop May 7, 2010 – Anchorage, Alaska, Contact Information: Michelle Johnson ([email protected]) A half-day workshop will be held in conjuction with ICRA 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, May 7, 2010 (2:00pm – 5:30pm). Co-chairs: Michelle Johnson, Loredana Zollo, Kazuyoshi Wada
• Submission of a Special Session Proposal @ EMBC2010 Organized Session February 10, 2010 – Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contact Information: Dino Accoto ([email protected]) Title: Adaptive robots for assistance and rehabilitation. Organizers: Dino Accoto, Panagiotis Artemiadis, Herman van der Kooij The organized session is sponsored by the RAS TC on Rehabilitation & Assistive Robotics
• Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics for T-RO Publication – Journal Special Issue October 29, 2008 – USA. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) Reactions to the special issue for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics were great. We received over 65 submissions. The paper submission deadline was Sept 22, 2008. It is now closed. The paper submissions are being reviewed.
• Workshop on Gerontechnology Workshop October 19, 2008 – BioRob’ 08 Scottsdale Arizona. Contact Information: Michelle Johnson ([email protected]) We held a great workshop at the Biomedical Robotics conference. We hope to have similar workshops at ICORR ’09 and RO-MAN ’09.
• Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics of the Transactions on Robotics Publication – Journal special issue October 24, 2007 – USA. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) A proposal for a special issue on Rehabilitation Robotics has been submitted to the T-RO and it is currently under evaluation by the Editorial Board. If approved, the Call for Papers is expected to appear at the beginning of 2008.
• Approval of the First EURON Summer School on Rehabilitation Robotics Summer School September 30, 2007 – Elche Spain. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) The TC provided technical co-sponsorship to the first EURON School on Rehabilitation Robotics that will be held in Elche (Spain) next March 2008. The School is sponsored by the European Robotics Netowrk (EURON) but open to participants from any countries. General Chair: Nicolas Garcia. Programme Co-chairs: Eugenio Guglielmelli and Hermano Igo Krebs.
• Japan National Workshop on Assistive Technologies Workshop June 30, 2007 – Tokyo Japan. Contact Information: Takanori Shibata ([email protected]) The TC provided technical co-sponsorship to this very successful national event was organized in Japan by Takanori Shibata. More than 400 participants (researchers, clinicians, end-users) attended the event.
• Contribution to the new ARS (Advanced Robotic Systems ) book on rehabilitation robotics Publication – Book May 1, 2007 – Vienna, Austria. Contact Information: Loredana Zollo ([email protected]) The book is intended to gather most recent results in Rehabilitation Robotics research field. Three chapters of the book have been edited by the TC co-chairs.
• IARP/IEEE-RAS/EURON Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments Workshop April 16, 2007 – Rome Italy. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) This workshop was organized in conjunction with ICRA 2007 and attended by 60 invited top experts from academia, industry and national research agencies. The programme included several contributions related to human-centred robot design and application to medical and rehabilitation robotics. International Programme Committee Chair: Eugenio Guglielmelli
• Workshop on Perspectives in Rehabilitation Robotics Workshop April 14, 2007 – rome italy A full-day workshop was held in conjuction with ICRA 2007 in Rome. More than 50 registered participants attended the event. The woekshop proceedings were distributed to participants and are also available online through the ICRA 2007 website. Co-chairs: Michelle Johnson, Craig Carignan, Carlo Avizzano, Eugenio Guglielmelli and Takanori Shibata
• International Workshop on Motor Learning in Stroke Recovery ‘Rehabilitation Think Tank’ Workshop March 25, 2007 – Rome, Italy. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) This event gathered in Rome a selected group of top international experts in bioengineering and medicine for discussing the perspectives of the emerging rehabilitation technologies. More than 100 participants from 13 countries in Europe, USA and Japan attended the event.
• Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics of the JNER (Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation) Publication – Journal Special Issue January 31, 2007 – USA. Contact Information: Michelle Johnson ([email protected])
• Publication – Journal Special Issue January 15, 2007 – USA. Guest Editors: – Adriana Tapus ([email protected]) – Maja Mataric’ ([email protected])
• Proposal for organization of a workshop on rehabilitation robotics at ICORR 2007 Conference Workshop December 30, 2006 – Maastricht, Belgium. Contact Information: Michelle Johnsson ([email protected])
• A new textbook on Neuro-Robotics Publication – Book December 1, 2006 – Italy. Contact Information: Paolo Dario ([email protected]) An initiative promoted by prof. Paolo Dario that is also the outcome of the Summer School held this year in Bressanone, Italy
• Organization of 5th IARP/IEEE-RAS/EURON International Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments Workshop November 15, 2006 – Rome Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) This event will be held in Rome, Italy on April 14-16 in conjunction with ICRA 2007. Eugenio Guglielmelli is chairing the International Programme Committee.
• Special Issue on Robotic Platforms for Neuroscience of the International Journal ‘Advanced Robotics’ Publication – Journal special issue October 16, 2006 – Japan Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected])
• Support to the organization of one summer school on Neuro-Robotics at Bressanone (Italy) Summer School September 25, 2006 – Bressanone (Italy)
• Proposal for organization of an international joint workshop with NSF on ‘Point of care robotic and automation technologies for stroke neurorehabilitaion’ Workshop September 21, 2006 – Spain. Contact Information: Michelle J. Johnson ([email protected]) The event will be held in conjunction with the 2007 AAATE International Conference
• Submission of a Special Session proposal and supervision of the rehabilitation robotics track @ ICRA 2007 Organized Session September 15, 2006 – Rome (Italy)
• Organization of a workshop on ‘New perspectives on rehabilitation robotics’ @ ICRA 2007 Workshop September 15, 2006 – Rome (Italy) (proposal under evaluation)
• Organization of a Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics of the IEEE EMBS Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Publication – Journal special issue September 15, 2006 – USA. Contact Information: Maria Chiara Carrozza ([email protected])
• Support to the organization of one summer school on Neuro-Robotics at Umea (Sweden) Summer School August 20, 2006 – UMEA (Sweden)
• First Symposium on Neuro-Developmental Engineering Workshop May 30, 2006 – Rome. Contact Information: Flavia Salvadori ([email protected])
• Support to the organization and execution of “The first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference” (BioRob 2006) — Rehabilitation Robotics Track Conference February 20, 2006 – Pisa (Italy)
• Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics for T-RO TC Team February 1, 2006 – Italy. Contact Information: Eugenio Guglielmelli ([email protected]) Members of the TC scientific support team: Loredana Zollo: (Post-doc fellow at the University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome (Italy)) – Duygun Erol, Vanderbilt University: Dominic Nathan, Marquette University