Wearable Sensors and Robotic-Assisted Technologies for Activity Assistance and Gait Rehabilitation

Dear Colleagues,

Robotic-assisted systems show the immense potential to be used in the field of activity assistance and gait rehabilitation. However, synchronization between the motion of robots and actual human gait or activity is very significant. This requires that the robot, along with wearable sensors, can accurately recognize the activity state and gait event, and then the human-robot synchronization is finished.

This Special Issue on “Wearable Sensors and Robotic-Assisted Technologies for Activity Assistance and Gait Rehabilitation” explores the latest advances in applications of wearable sensors and robotic-assisted technologies to activity assistance and gait rehabilitation. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, innovative methods, and case studies. Potential research topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Robotic-assisted technologies with wearable sensors for activity assistance and gait rehabilitation;
2. Wearable sensors for personalized robotic-assisted systems in gait rehabilitation;
3. Methodologies to strengthen balance in activity assistance and gait rehabilitation;
4. Novel design of wearable sensors to improve robotic-assisted systems;
5. Advanced control design for robotic-assistance technologies;
6. Effects of robotic-assisted technologies for individuals with movement impairments;
7. Assessments of different wearable sensors for activity assistance and gait rehabilitation.

Prof. Dr. Chun-Ta Chen
Dr. Xiaoling Hu
Guest Editors

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