The 5th International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots (MESROB 2016) continues a successful series of workshops that bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss new and emerging topics of Medical- and Service Robotics. The meeting will take place from 4th to 6th of July 2016 at castle St. Martin in Graz/Austria.

The main topics of the workshop include:

Exoskeleton and protheses
Anthropomorphic hands
Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation
Cognitive robots
Humanoid & Service robots
Assistive robots and elderly assistance
Surgical robots
Human-robot interfaces
BMI, BCI
Haptic devices
Kinematic and mechatronic design for medical and assistive robotics

The workshop is organised by the Unit Geometry and CAD, University Innsbruck, Austria in cooperation with the ROBOTICS Institute of JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz/Klagenfurt, Austria.