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Intelligent Robotic Sensor Technologies in Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering Applications

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearables".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 458

Special Issue Editors

The University of Melbourne
Interests: rehabilitation robotic systems; wearable sensors; data-driven optimization; intelligent control; nonlinear systems
University of Southampton
Interests: biomechanics; motor learning and control; non-contact sensing; electrode-array-based FES; touch-table technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Interests: assistive and rehabilitation robotics; wearable robots; human learning; computational modelling
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Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Interests: clinical machine learning; data science; wearable sensing
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Univ Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hosp, Dept Med, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
Interests: motor control; rehabilitation; wearable sensors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid progress of robotic technologies provides new opportunities and directions for biomedical and healthcare engineering. In the era where personalisation and co-adaptation are becoming the new norm in human–robot interaction, sensing technology is playing a central role. Various sensors have been developed to that end, including those used in human intention detection, wireless inertial and motion tracking, and even material self-healing. These sensors are becoming smaller, smarter, more accurate, and, crucially, wearable, which opens up virtually unlimited possibilities for the use of these devices. Constant innovations in sensor design and manufacturing methods, such as 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and even flexible materials, make sensors more reliable, durable, robust, and accessible, openning doors for future designs.

This special issue aims at exhibiting these latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the field of sensor technology designed for use in the field of robotics in biomedical and healthcare engineering. In particular, the issue is focusing on the sensor technologies applicable in the upper and lower limb rehabilitation, prostheses and orthoses, walking assistive robots, and telerobotic surgery. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts for publication in (but not limited to) the following areas:

  • Biomechanical sensors in robotic systems;
  • New technologies in real-time, wearable, and unobtrusive sensors;
  • Measuring biomechanics of the whole body or individual parts of the body;
  • Challenges in data processing, simulation, and validation;
  • Challenges in sensor data fusion;
  • Technical challenges in assuring accuracy and robustness of the provided measures (i.e., sensor placement, measurement drift, repeatability of the provided measures);
  • Challenges in buiding the link between biomechnical measurements and clinical measures;
  • Advanced signal processing and machine learning for biomedical data analysis.

Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under review by other journals or conferences/symposia/workshops. Papers previously published as part of conference/workshop proceedings can be considered for publication in the Special Issue provided that they are modified to contain at least 40% new content. Authors of such submissions must clearly indicate how the journal version of their paper has been extended in a separate letter to the guest editors at the time of submission. Moreover, authors must acknowledge their

Prof. Ying Tan
Prof. Christopher Freeman
Dr. Tomislav Bacek
Dr. Lei Lu
Prof. Mary Galea
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sensors is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Rehabilitation robotics
  • Prosthesis and orthosis
  • Assistive robotics
  • Biomechanical sensors
  • Sensor fusion
  • Biomedical signal processing
  • Wearable sensors
  • 3D printed and flexible sensors

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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