Robots supporting personal independence and rehabilitation

This workshop aims to stimulate debate among key stakeholders regarding the nature of assistive technologies developed using the latest developments in robotic technologies.

It will include presentations from experts working across the spectrum of development, from basic technology to neuroscience.

The workshop will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners and policy makers, health and social care practitioners, employers, charitable and government bodies concerned with the needs of older and disabled people, as well as researchers and academics from engineering, biological, social science, medical and health care disciplines especially those who are interested in looking forward to a time when radically new technologies will be available. Older people are especially welcome at this workshop.

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Please follow the links for presentations:

Farshid Amirabdollahian - Robots- current state of the art and future possibilities (from pre-programmed to adaptive)

William Harwin - Robotics for use in rehabilitation, personal assistance and functional assessment

Bipin Bhakta - How rehabilitation robotics might be adopted in practice

Rui Loureiro - How can we ensure that robots will be acceptable to older people?

Karen Baker - What do users really, really want?

Gail Mountain - What is KT-EQUAL?

Alan Wing - The complex nature of human motor control