Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review recent developments in exoskeletons and robotic prosthetics. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first describes a number of recently developed exoskeletons for military, civil and medical applications. It then discusses robotic...

Purpose – This paper aims to review of the use of robots in two healthcare applications: surgery and prosthetics. Design/methodology/approach – Following a brief introduction, this paper first considers robotic surgery and discusses a selection of commercial products, applications and recent...