Medical and Healthcare Robotics

Olfa Boubaker received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) and Habilitation Universitaire degree in Control Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), in Tunisia. She is currently a full professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT) of University of Carthage where she is actively engaged in teaching and research in control theory, nonlinear systems, and robotics. Professor Boubaker has participated in several research projects in sustainable development areas including the fields of medical robotics, green energy, water preservation, and environment protection. She has supervised 9 theses and 18 Master dissertations and mentored more than 50 engineer graduated projects in the industry. She is an associate editor of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (SAGE publishing), guest editor for the journals Complexity and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Hindawi Publishing) and regional editor of the book series Emerging Methodologies and Applications in Modelling, Identification and Control (Elsevier Publishing). She also serves as scientific committee member in several international and peer-reviewed conferences. Professor Boubaker is the principal author of seven books, editor of six special issues, and the author/co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers.

1. Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications 2. Soft Robotics in Medical Applications: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Recent Advances 3. Rehabilitation Robotics:?History, Applications, and Recent Advances 4. Gait Devices for Stroke Rehabilitation: State-of-the art, Challenges, and Open Issues 5. Robotic Device for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Review 6. Failure of Total Hip Arthroplasty: State of the Art 7. Artificial Intelligence in Robot-Assisted Surgery: Applications on Surgical Skills Assessment and Transfer 8. A Virtual-based Haptic Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Training System: From Development to Validation 9. Medical and Healthcare Robots in India 10. Trend of Implementation of Service Robots in Medical Institutions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A review 11. Conclusions and Perspectives