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Design And Development Of A Robot Guided Rehabilitation Scheme For Upper Extremity Rehabilitation, Md Assad-Uz-Zaman
Design And Development Of A Robot Guided Rehabilitation Scheme For Upper Extremity Rehabilitation, Md Assad-Uz-Zaman
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To rehabilitate individuals with impaired upper-limb function, we have designed and developed a robot guided rehabilitation scheme. A humanoid robot, NAO was used for this purpose. NAO has 25 degrees of freedom. With its sensors and actuators, it can walk forward and backward, can sit down and stand up, can wave his hand, can speak to the audience, can feel the touch sensation, and can recognize the person he is meeting. All these qualities have made NAO a perfect coach to guide the subjects to perform rehabilitation exercises. To demonstrate rehabilitation exercises with NAO, a library of recommended rehabilitation exercises …