Enhancing a robotic rehabilitation model for hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy

Abstract

NAOTherapist is a robotic framework that aims at developing socially-interactive rehabilitation sessions for pediatric patients with physical impairments. Although this therapeutic tool has been already assessed with the target patients in a long-term evaluation, the system is planned to participate in an Hand-Arm Bimanual Therapy Camp for Cerebral Palsy patients. This presents new challenges and requirements that must be considered to provide a better daily experience to the involved participants. This work describes how the robotic rehabilitation model used in the previous version of the platform has been improved for both the inclusion of new games and the individual adaptation.