Mike Rosen and Simon Levine at the Rehabilitation Robotics Demonstration

Rehabilitation robots are being developed for a variety of uses: assisted wheelchair driving, workstations for physical therapy, walking aids for the elderly infirm, and workstations for job assistance. In this concurrent session, attendees will be able to try out new equipment being developed at research institutions in the US and abroad to become familiar with future technologies and to directly compare systems. At the start of this hands-on session, there will be brief presentations about each system. Following this introduction, people are invited to walk about the room and experience the difference robotic systems themselves.