This book presents novel applications of mechatronics to provide better clinical rehabilitation services and new insights into emerging technologies utilized in soft robots for healthcare, and is essential reading for researchers and students working in these and related fields.

Prof. Shane (Sheng Q.) Xie has been Director of the Mechatronics and Robotics programme and Director of the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab at the University of Leeds, UK, since 2017. He was previously Director of the Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2002-2016). He received his Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1998. He has published 7 books, and has been the Technical Editor for IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics and the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Devices.

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: State of the art


• Chapter 3: Concept and modelling of a soft rehabilitation actuator: the Peano muscle


• Chapter 4: Design of the reactive Peano muscle


• Chapter 5: Soft wrist rehabilitation robot


• Chapter 6: Development of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot


• Chapter 7: Control of a soft ankle rehabilitation robot


• Chapter 8: Design of a GAit Rehabilitation EXoskeleton


• Chapter 9: Modelling and control strategies development of GAREX


• Chapter 10: Conclusion and future work