Wearable Sensors, Robotic Systems and Assistive Devices

Dear Colleagues,

The field of wearables is a rapidly expanding and wide-ranging area of research and entrepreneurship, with many of its activities driven by concerns of an ageing society concerns and to foster a culture of healthy ageing. Examples include smart sensors to monitor the health and wellbeing of ageing relatives, or servant robots to help users perform domestic tasks and even help individuals carry out daily living activities themselves so that elderly persons can stay living in their own homes for as long as possible with independence, dignity and good quality of life. Such wearable and assistive innovations are urgently needed. The topic is highly interdisciplinary and requires input from engineers, software developers, physicists and materials scientists, healthcare professionals, etc. This broad range of knowledge and expertise across different disciplines is fruitful ground for exciting new developments and breakthrough innovations.

Wearable technologies also have applications in other sectors; these include general wellbeing, use in sports training and monitoring performance, industrial and agritech applications, enhancement of humans for military use, etc. In fact, multiple-use case scenarios where the physical and cognitive capabilities of humans need to be supported or enhanced are widely being investigated by researchers and new products are becoming available to citizens in emerging markets. New international regulations are also being developed to ensure the safety and security of citizens as they start to use new wearable innovations.

This Special Issue invites contributions from all areas where wearable technologies are being researched and further developed for commercialisation.

Prof. Dr. Gurvinder Singh Virk
Dr. Luigi Occhipinti
Dr. Zlatka Stoeva
Prof. Dr. Shaoping Bai
Dr. Jan Veneman
Guest Editors

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