Introduction to the focused section on intelligent robotics for rehabilitation and human assistance

TY - JOUR

T1 - Introduction to the focused section on intelligent robotics for rehabilitation and human assistance

AU - Yi, Jingang

AU - Ueda, Jun

AU - Zhu, Xiangyang

N1 - Funding Information: received his PhD degree in control engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing China, in 1992. He is currently a Chair Professor of mechatronics and the Director of Robotics Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. His research interests include robot manipulation planning, continuum and soft robotics, rehabilitation assistive robotics, neuro-interfacing, and design of dexterous prosthetic hands. Dr. Zhu has received a number of awards including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from NSFC in 2005, and the Changjiang Distinguished Professorship from the Ministry of Education in 2007. He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and Journal of Bionic Engineering. Aff1 grid.430387.b 0000000419368796 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 08854-8058 Piscataway NJ USA Aff2 grid.213917.f 0000000120974943 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 30332-0405 Atlanta GA USA Aff3 grid.16821.3c 0000000403688293 School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiaotong University 200240 Shanghai People’s Republic of China a jgyi@rutgers.edu 10 1 2017 2 2017 1 1 Funding Information: received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1994, 1996, and 2002 all in Mechanical Engineering. From 1996 to 2000, he was a Research Engineer at the Advanced Technology Research and Development Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyogo, Japan. He was an Assistant Professor of Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, from 2002 to 2008. During 2005–2008, he was a visiting scholar and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2008 where he is currently an Associate Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow. He is also the Director for Robotics PhD Program at Georgia Tech. He received a Fanuc FA Robot Foundation Best Paper Award in 2005, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award in 2009, and Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award in 2015. Dr. Ueda has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers and book chapters. He has issued 13 international and U.S. patents. Zhu Xiangyang 3

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

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U2 - 10.1007/s41315-016-0011-5

DO - 10.1007/s41315-016-0011-5

M3 - Editorial

AN - SCOPUS:85075390289

SN - 2366-5971

VL - 1

SP - 3

EP - 5

JO - International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications

JF - International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications

IS - 1

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