Resistance exercise to reduce risk of falls in people with Alzheimer's disease: a randomised clinical trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of resistance exercise on the risk of falls, fear of falling, muscle strength, neuropsychiatric symptoms and ability to perform activities of daily living in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Design: Single-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Five aged care centres specialising in AD, located in Andalucía, Spain.

A survey of ontology-enabled processes for dependable robot autonomy.

Autonomous robots are already present in a variety of domains performing complex tasks. Their deployment in open-ended environments offers endless possibilities. However, there are still risks due to unresolved issues in dependability and trust.

A Review and Evaluation of Control Architectures for Modular Legged and Climbing Robots.

Robotic control is a fundamental part of autonomous robots. Modular legged and climbing robots are complex machines made up of a variety of subsystems, ranging from a single robot with simple legs to a complex system composed of multiple legs (or modules) with computing power and sensitivity. Their complexity, which is increased by the fact of needing elements for climbing, makes a correct structure crucial to achieve a complete, robust, and versatile system during its operation.

Supervised learning for improving the accuracy of robot-mounted 3D camera applied to human gait analysis.

Background And Objective: the use of 3D cameras for gait analysis has been highly questioned due to the low accuracy they have demonstrated in the past. The objective of the study presented in this paper is to improve the accuracy of the estimations made by robot-mounted 3D cameras in human gait analysis by applying a supervised learning stage.

Methods: the 3D camera was mounted in a mobile robot to obtain a longer walking distance.

Design and Kinematic Modeling of a Soft Continuum Telescopic Arm for the Self-Assembly Mechanism of a Modular Robot.

In recent years, the development of mining robots has grown significantly, offering improved efficiency and safety in hazardous environments. However, there is still room for improvement in adaptability, scalability, and overall performance. The ROBOMINERS project, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, aims to facilitate Europe's access to mineral resources applying disruptive robotic concepts.

Performance of a Mobile 3D Camera to Evaluate Simulated Pathological Gait in Practical Scenarios.

Three-dimensional (3D) cameras used for gait assessment obviate the need for bodily markers or sensors, making them particularly interesting for clinical applications. Due to their limited field of view, their application has predominantly focused on evaluating gait patterns within short walking distances. However, assessment of gait consistency requires testing over a longer walking distance.

MoCLORA-An Architecture for Legged-and-Climbing Modular Bio-Inspired Robotic Organism.

MoCLORA (Modular Climbing-and-Legged Robotic Organism Architecture) is a software framework for climbing bio-inspired robotic organisms composed of modular robots (legs). It is presented as a modular low-level architecture that coordinates the modules of an organism with any morphology, at the same time allowing exchanges between the physical robot and its digital twin. It includes the basic layers to control and coordinate all the elements, while allowing adding new higher-level components to improve the organism's behavior.

ROBOGait: A Mobile Robotic Platform for Human Gait Analysis in Clinical Environments.

Mobile robotic platforms have made inroads in the rehabilitation area as gait assistance devices. They have rarely been used for human gait monitoring and analysis. The integration of mobile robots in this field offers the potential to develop multiple medical applications and achieve new discoveries.

Smart Assistive Architecture for the Integration of IoT Devices, Robotic Systems, and Multimodal Interfaces in Healthcare Environments.

This paper presents a new architecture that integrates Internet of Things (IoT) devices, service robots, and users in a smart assistive environment. A new intuitive and multimodal interaction system supporting people with disabilities and bedbound patients is presented. This interaction system allows the user to control service robots and devices inside the room in five different ways: touch control, eye control, gesture control, voice control, and augmented reality control.

CFD Modelling and Optimization Procedure of an Adhesive System for a Modular Climbing Robot.

Adhesion systems are very important in robots for infrastructure inspection (especially in vertical walls). They present the challenge of optimizing the ratio vacuum/power consumption in battery-powered robots. In this paper, a CFD (computer fluid dynamics) modelling and optimization process of a robot adhesion system is carried out to determine the best performing configuration in terms of vacuum and power consumption.

The Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect V2 Sensor for Human Gait Analysis. A Different Approach for Comparison with the Ground Truth.

Several studies have examined the accuracy of the Kinect V2 sensor during gait analysis. Usually the data retrieved by the Kinect V2 sensor are compared with the ground truth of certified systems using a Euclidean comparison. Due to the Kinect V2 sensor latency, the application of a uniform temporal alignment is not adequate to compare the signals.

Home Camera-Based Fall Detection System for the Elderly.

Falls are the leading cause of injury and death in elderly individuals. Unfortunately, fall detectors are typically based on wearable devices, and the elderly often forget to wear them. In addition, fall detectors based on artificial vision are not yet available on the market.