Robotics in Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation robotics has matured into routine practice with multiple FDA approvals. The session covers Lokomat and Andago for over-ground gait, EksoNR and Indego exoskeletons, Wandercraft Atalante self-balancing exoskeleton, soft exosuits (ReWalk Personal 6.0), upper-limb robotic training (ArmeoSpring, InMotion), evidence-based dosing of robotic vs conventional therapy, and the comparative-effectiveness research. Discussion addresses task-specific vs general-purpose robotics, the comparison of exoskeleton modalities, robotics in pediatric rehabilitation (Trexo), home-use robotic platforms, cost-effectiveness analyses, and soft-robotics with biological actuators.