Workshop on Future Trend in Rehabilitation Robotics - BIOROB 2010
Call for Contributions
 
Workshop on Future Trend in Rehabilitation Robotics - BIOROB 2010
http://nbio.umh.es/vr2/eventos/biorob2010/home.html
 
2010 IEEE RAS / EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and
Biomechatronics – BioRob 2010, September 26, 2010, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.nml.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/BioRob2010/

Goal and Scope
 
This half-day workshop will provide an overview of the most recent advances
in rehabilitation robotics and  will explore new directions in the field,
focusing particularly on cognitive aspects of motor control. The workshop
will form an ideal environment for the emerging community to meet and
exchange ideas. 

The full information about the workshop (including the preliminary program)
is available in the workshop web:
http://nbio.umh.es/vr2/eventos/biorob2010/home.html
 
Contributions
 
A poster session will be organized for the participants. The attendees will
have the opportunity to show some slides of their work and talk for some
minutes to all the participants. 

Topics considered within this workshop include, but are not limited to the
following ones: 

Novel robotic systems for application to rehabilitation
Human-centred design methods and case studies of rehabilitation robots
Robotic platforms for functional assessment and human behavioral analysis
Exoskeletons and operational machines for lower and\or upper limb
  rehabilitation
Robotic systems for telerehabilitation and homecare
Backdriveable mechanisms, compliant actuators and other innovative components
  for rehabilitation robots
Physical human-robot interaction control in rehabilitation applications 
Impedance control, adaptive motor control and learning in rehabilitation
  robotics 
Multimodal and natural human-robot interfaces for rehabilitation 
Robotic systems for cognitive rehabilitation and for diagnosis and treatment
  of neurodevelopmental disorders 
Magnetic-imaging (MI) compatible robotic systems 

Prospective authors are invited to submit their contributions electronically
in PDF format to Nicolas Garcia (nicolas.garcia@umh.es) by June 30, 2010. 

The abstract submission should include:

    Title
    List of authors and affiliations
    Abstract of 500-800 words
 
A journal special issue in the Springer’s Journal (Medical & Biological
Engineering & Computing, ISSN:0140-0118) is being planned in connection with
this workshop. 

Dates
 
The Workshop will take place on September 26, 2010 in the framework of the
2010 IEEE RAS / EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and
Biomechatronics – BioRob 2010. 

Important Dates:
 
    June 30, Deadline for submission of two-page abstracts 
    July 15, Notification of acceptance/rejection 
    July 30, Deadline for submission of final contributions (the BIOROB
             format is required). 

Organization
 
Eugenio Guglielmelli, e.guglielmelli@unicampus.it
Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Bioengineering Group,Via Álvaro del
Portillo, 21 00128 Roma, Italy 

Alícia Casals, acasals@ibec.pcb.ub.es
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and  Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya, C/ Baldiri Reixac, 4, Torre I, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 

José M. Sabater, j.sabater@umh.es and Nicolas Garcia, nicolas.garcia@umh.es>
Virtual Reality and Robotics Lab. Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche.
Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain

Submitted by Rich Simpson