
Ruben Alonso, Spain
CARTIF
WG2, WG3-member
The main research interests are focused on:
The design of end effector haptic systems applied to neuro-rehabilitation of upper limbs based on the “assist as needed” paradigm. I have participated in the development of platforms for this purpose such as Physiobot and E2rebot. I am currently working on Sharem whose final objective is the development of different modular haptic devices that can be coupled together to form a more complex rehabilitation platform or work each one separately for rehabilitation of different joints of the upper limbs such as the wrist, the hand grip, the elbow … etc …
I also work in the line of including in the control circuit of these haptic systems the physiological measurements of the patient, such as ECG and EMG signals, to achieve “bio-cooperative systems”, which will achieve better results in rehabilitation and ease of use of the devices.
On the other hand, I am doing my doctoral thesis on the application of bio-cooperative systems for cardiac rehabilitation. In this line I am in the design phase of a proof of concept based on a static haptic bicycle
EMG based bio-cooperative direct force control of an exoskeletonfor hand rehabilitation: A preliminary study, ICNR 2018, 2018.
E2Rebot: A robotic platform for upper limb rehabilitation in patients with neuromotor disability Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2016 vol 8(8) 1-13.
Desarrollo de métricas aplicables a un entorno de rehabilitación neuro-muscular basada en el robot Physiobot 7º Simposio CEA de BioIngeniería, Málaga, 25-26 Junio 2015
Modelado cinemático de un manipulador binario hiper-redundante para aplicaciones en cirugía mínimamente invasiva (MIS). XXXV Jornadas de Automática, Valencia, 3-5 Septiembre 2014
