2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies (CIRAT)
Millions of individuals experience impaired mobility usually accompanied by limited to no manual dexterity. The “cost” associated with these disabilities includes not only those incurred through medical and support services, but also less tangible costs, such as those due lost wages and non-productivity. The goals of rehabilitation are to ameliorate life-limiting disabilities and facilitate community re-entry. While restoration of function is the most positive outcome of rehabilitation, compensatory strategies are also employed when natural function cannot be restored. A particularly promising approach is the use of assistive technologies to extend an individual’s functionality and substitute for compromised functions.
CIRAT 2013 is the first edition of the biannual IEEE Symposium in Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. The symposium highlights the latest results from world leading research labs and industry in the field of rehabilitation and assistive technologies. It brings together researchers from various disciplines, including: rehabilitation robotics and telemanipulation; improvement in quality of daily living; assistive recovery from stroke; enhanced mobility and function for individuals with severe disabilities; tele-rehabilitation; wheelchair transportation; wheeled mobility; communication enhancement; hearing enhancement; assistance to the blind, robotic prosthesis and orthotics; recreational technologies and exercise physiology benefiting persons with disabilities; etc.