Biomedical Assist Devices and New Biomimetic Machines—A Short Perspective

Abstract

Over the last few decades, new engineering designs have made tremendous impact on the healthcare industry with solutions for diagnosis, treatment, and therapy of a wide range of medical conditions. In recent years, new designs of bio-inspired machines have been proposed for terrestrial and aerial applications. As one would expect, a detailed survey of these areas is impossible to accomplish in a few pages. Hence, this brief survey highlights three topics: (i) Gait rehabilitation machines, (ii) minimal invasive surgical machines, and (iii) flapping wing flying machines.