RAR2018: International Seminar on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito Bogotá D.C., Colombia, September 29, 2018 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/biomtlab/events/events-2018/rar |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rar2018 |
Submission deadline | May 8, 2018 |
Mobility is one of the most important human faculties and can be defined as the ability of an individual to move freely through multiple environments and perform daily personal tasks with ease. Evidences show that mobility restrictions are associated with cognitive and psychosocial disturbances, which further impairs the quality of life of the individual.
New technologies have emerged to improve the life conditions of people with motor impairments. Soft robotics, design, either due to the hardware or control, has led to the emergence of several promising applications to improve the life conditions of this population. Additionally, solutions to assist daily living require robust interfaces that allow for natural control. These interfaces may rely on diverse modalities information that can be related with the intention, preparation and generation of voluntary movement, either at mechanical or neural level.
Indeed, this seminar aims at discussing the pertinence and the feasibility of the establishment of human-robot interfaces to enhance assistive and rehabilitation device’s interaction performance. We invite participants from a variety of backgrounds (i.e. physiotherapist, physiatrist, engineers, scientist, clinical researchers and industry) to share their experiences on the requirements and challenges implementing and deploying rehabilitation and assistive robotics in the context of developing countries.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original. Please submit your paper in PDF format by the 8th of May, 2018.
The paper format conforms to:
- The allowed length is between 2 and 3 pages (including the references) depending on the contribution of the work (position papers, previous/ongoing work or novel work). Submitted papers should conform to the IEEE publication format. The results described in the submission must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. For templates and examples follow this link: https://www.overleaf.com/read/bpbbqffptxnv
List of Topics
- Human-robot interfaces.
- Design and validation of assistive and rehabilitation devices.
- Soft robotics.
Committees
Program Committee
- Carlos Cifuentes García
- Marcela Múnera
Organizing committee
- Miguel Sánchez Manchola
- Sergio Sierra Marín
- Luis Felipe Aycardi
Invited Speakers
- José María Azorín
- Sara Múnera
- Martin Stoelen
Venue
The conference will be held in the Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to carlos.cifuentes@escuelaing.edu.co
Sponsors
- Colciencias
- Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito