Due to the increasing average age of societies, daily monitoring of the elderly activities is. Even activities such as sitting, getting up and lifting may be beyond the normal ability of an older person. In this context, the need to provide appropriate assistive devices for welfare and normal activities of this age group is raised. In addition, self managed rehabilitation activities which may be performed at home or work without direct involvement of a physician or physiotherapist is yet another reason where such devices may be of importance. For this purpose, specially devised robots may be utilized to accompany and couple with the upper or lower extremities as an assistive or...
Due to the increasing average age of societies, daily monitoring of the elderly activities is. Even activities such as sitting, getting up and lifting may be beyond the normal ability of an older person. In this context, the need to provide appropriate assistive devices for welfare and normal activities of this age group is raised. In addition, self managed rehabilitation activities which may be performed at home or work without direct involvement of a physician or physiotherapist is yet another reason where such devices may be of importance. For this purpose, specially devised robots may be utilized to accompany and couple with the upper or lower extremities as an assistive or...