[robotics-worldwide] Register! ASME DSCC 2010: Workshop on Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Robotics for Upper and Lower Extremity

[Marcia O'Malley]

Workshop on Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Robotics for Upper and Lower
Extremity
Sponsored by the
Robotics Technical committee of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls
Division
2010 Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference
2010 IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems
September 12, 2010
Boston, MA
The field of rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics has grown steadily over
the past decade, with significant clinical contributions. Studies have
demonstrated both the efficacy and advantages of robotics for assessing and
treating motor impairment. There is significant opportunity for engineers in
this area, and there has been a recent trend of increasing governmental
agency interest in funding such efforts.
Purpose:
The purpose of this full‐day tutorial is to provide a concise yet broad‐
based introduction to key topics in the field of rehabilitation and
therapeutic robotics, such as basic neuroscience and rehabilitation,
impairment based approaches, design and control of devices from a
mechatronics perspective, and clinical implications. The tutorial will
include a series of speakers with expertise in upper and lower extremity
rehabilitation robotics representing both engineering and clinical research
labs.
Target Audience:
This tutorial is intended for researchers in the areas of dynamics systems,
controls, robotics, and mechatronics who have not necessarily worked in this
area of rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics. The content will provide
some review of the state of the art without precluding discussion of
outstanding challenges in the field.
Schedule:
Morning Session - Upper Extremity
Working Lunch
Afternoon Session - Lower Extremity
Confirmed Speakers:
Hermano Igo Krebs, Ph.D.
Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D.
Neville Hogan, Ph.D.
Joe Hidler, Ph.D.
Anindo Roy, Ph.D.
Sunil Agrawal, Ph.D.
Organizers:
Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D., <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/‾omalleym>  Associate
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Mechatronics and Haptics Interfaces Laboratory, Rice University
Neville Hogan, Ph.D.  <http://web.mit.edu/hogan/www/> Sun Jae Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Director, Newman Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hermano Igo Krebs, Ph.D.,  <http://meche.mit.edu/people/?id=130> Principal
Research Scientist & Lecturer
Mechanical Engineering Dept, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  

Registration: 
http://www.dsc-conference.org/2010%20ASME%20DSCC%20Dynamic%20Systems%20and%2
0Control%20Conference%20DSCC-2010_files/info.htm#Registration
For those people who just want to attend the workshops on Sunday, September
12, they can register for workshops only through the conference registration
site. But to use the conference registration system, one still needs to get
an ASME-DSCD papercept PIN (or IFAC Mechatronics papercept PIN) prior to
registering just for the workshops.

Workshop info: 
http://www.dsc-conference.org/2010%20ASME%20DSCC%20Dynamic%20Systems%20and%2
0Control%20Conference%20DSCC-2010_files/info.htm#Workshop_and_Tutorial