Our experience in the field of interactive robotics dates back to the late 90s, when the Mechatronics group
developed two prototype table-top haptic displays
(
www.mechatronics.it).
Later on, the collaboration with the School of Medicine of the University of Padua, Italy, lead to the development of NeReBot,
a prototype cable-suspended robotic system for upper-limb post-stroke rehabilitation. NeReBot was specifically designed to start
robotic rehabilitation treatment in the very first days after the stroke.
NeReBot undergone the first Italian randomized controlled trial of a neurorehabilitation robot. After this experience,
several novel robotic systems for post-stroke rehabilitation were developed (MariBot, Sophia, etc.),
consolidating the experience of the Rehabrobotics Research Group in the design, development and clinical testing of such devices.