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Soft robots for healthcare applications design modelling and control healthcare technologies 9781785613111 medicine health science books amazoncom. Soft robots for healthcare applications design modeling and control shane xie mingming zhang wei meng robot assisted healthcare offers benefits for repetitive intensive and task specific training compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists. Robot assisted healthcare offers benefits for repetitive intensive and task specific training compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists however a majority of existing rehabilitation devices use rigid actuators such as electric motors or hydraulic cylinders which cannot guarantee the safety of patients novel soft robots combining soft and compliant actuators . 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. Xie s zhang m and meng w 2017 soft robots for healthcare applications design modelling and control healthcare technologies series 14 institution of engineering and technology london uk isbn 978 1 78561 311 1