Assistive Technology and Biomechatronics Engineering
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 36836
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Welfare engineering; Human interface; Educational technology
Interests: Sport engineering; Biomechanics; Human dynamics; Sport material; Applied physiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on assistive technology (AT) to address biomechanical and control of movement issues in individuals with impaired health, whether as a result of disability, disease, or injury.
All over the world, technologies are developed that make human life richer and more comfortable. However, there are people who are not able to benefit from these technologies.
Research can include (but is not limited to) development of new assistive technology to promote more effective movement, the use of existing technology to assess and treat movement disorders, the use and effectiveness of virtual rehabilitation, or theoretical issues such as modeling which underlie the biomechanics or motor control of movement disorders. This issue will also cover Internet of Things (IoT) sensing technology and nursing care robot applications that can be applied to new assistive technologies. IoT includes data, more specifically gathering them efficiently and using them to enable intelligence, control, and new applications.
In Japan, the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) started their latest research project, called GEAR 5.0, in May 2020. The AT and medical engineering are the key disciplines selected as the focus of the GEAR 5.0 project.
The International Symposium on Advances in Technology Education (ISATE) 2021 will be held in Turku, Finland, 17-20 August 2021 and will provide the special symposium of “Health Technology and Medical Engineering” and “Functional Engineering Materials” to publish the research achievements of the GEAR5.0 project carried out by the National Institute of Technology, Japan. This Special Issue will be published as a collection of some of the most outstanding studies published at ISATE 2021. However, more than that, we want to discover new advanced science and technologies related to AT from all over the world. Thus, in this Special Issue, we will publish papers relating to assistive technology, such as biomechatronics, sport engineering, human dynamics, biomechanical, and control of movement with IoT sensors.
Prof. Kimiyasu Kiyota
Prof. Akira Shionoya
Prof. Mitsuteru Inoue
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Human dynamics
- Biomechatronics
- Communication aid
- Sport engineering
- Cognitive science
- Human interface
- Medical engineering
- Biosensors
- Motor control
- Internet of Things
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