Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 13.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in lower limb exoskeleton robotics, including topics such as exoskeleton design, control strategies, rehabilitation applications, biomechanics of gait, and prosthetic orthoses. The research covers a wide range of areas related to the development and application of robotic devices for lower limb assistance and rehabilitation.
- Exoskeletons
- Lower Limb
- Robotics
- Rehabilitation
- Prosthetics
- Actuators
- Gait
- Control
- Orthoses
- Biomechanics
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +41% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 United States 1.2k works
- 3 Japan 451 works
- 4 India 319 works
- 5 Italy 290 works
- 6 United Kingdom 265 works
- 7 Germany 240 works
- 8 South Korea 223 works
- 9 Canada 165 works
- 10 France 129 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research, followed by Beihang University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64 works
- 2 Beihang UniversityChina 37 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 35 works
- 4 University of MichiganUnited States 35 works
- 5 Italian Institute of TechnologyItaly 34 works
- 6 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 32 works
- 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
- 8 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 27 works
- 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 26 works
- 10 The University of TokyoJapan 26 works
Who are the leading researchers in Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics include Daniela Rus.
- 1 Daniela Rus United States 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research done?
The largest centres of Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Genoa and Qinhuangdao.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GenoaIT · 45.0 works12×
- QinhuangdaoCN · 21.3 works8.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics?
Among universities, judged by research, ETH Zurich, Harbin Institute of Technology and Aalborg University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 55.6 | 41.8% | 3.4× | 14 | +45.0% |
| 2 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 52.1 | 5.3% | 6.0× | 64 | +155.9% |
| 3 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 50.9 | 18.7% | 4.7× | 16 | +418.1% |
| 4 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 50.7 | 12.7% | 7.8× | 27 | — |
| 5 | Nazarbayev UniversityKazakhstan | 50.1 | 12.0% | 8.4× | 8 | +536.2% |
| 6 | Virginia TechUnited States | 49.9 | 27.0% | 5.4× | 19 | +68.5% |
| 7 | Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaItaly | 49.8 | 13.2% | 24.8× | 15 | +29.6% |
| 8 | University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina | 49.3 | 3.5% | 8.8× | 25 | +164.6% |
| 9 | Yanshan UniversityChina | 48.9 | 8.1% | 9.0× | 20 | +129.3% |
| 10 | University of TwenteNetherlands | 48.6 | 16.4% | 8.6× | 17 | -11.0% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.