Authors and affiliations: 5 1,2,* Katherine M. Steele, 2,3,4 Matthew C. Tresch, and 2,3,4 Eric J. Perreault 6 7 1 Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 8 2 Sensorimotor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 9 3 Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 10 4 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern...

Rehabilitation robotics is a research area, originating in engineering, that has emerged in the last decade. Its broad aim is to use robot technology to assist people with movement dysfunction. The neurologically impaired population might gain considerably from the provision of robots as "assistants" or "therapy aides," but the interface with the machine must match both the physical and intelle...