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Gelderblom, G.J. (author), de Wilt, M. (author), Cremers, G. (author), Rensma, A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)To gain understanding in the current status of Robotics in healthcare the European Commission issued a roadmap study into this domain. This paper reports on the main characteristics and results of this study. The study covered the wide domain of Healthcare and in this paper the domains relevant for Assistive Technology are highlighted. The study...conference paper 2009
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Schoone, M. (author), van Os, P. (author), Campagne, A. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)ACRE is a robotic training device for rehabilitation of the upper limbs. ACRE stimulates patients to train their affected arm more frequently and repetitively, via so called game based therapy. A prototype of ACRE (ACRE2) was tested in a user trial with patients who had recently suffered a stroke. Therapists concluded that the ACRE can be useful...conference paper 2007
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Liefhebber, F. (author), Sijs, J. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)The rehabilitation robot Manus is an assistive device for severely motor handicapped users. The executing of all day living tasks with the Manus, can be very complex and a vision-based controller can simplify this. The lack of existing vision-based controlled systems, is the poor reliability of the computer vision in unstructured environments....conference paper 2007
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Driessen, B.J.F. (author), Evers, H.G. (author), van Woerden, J.A. (author), Technisch Physische Dienst TNO - TH (author)Rehabilitation robots are assistive devices designed for use by people with severe disability in order to gain independence in tasks of daily living. MANUS is a wheelchair-mounted general-purpose manipulator now in use with over 100 people in their homes in the Netherlands, in France and in other countries. MANUS has six main degrees of freedom,...conference paper 2001