Applications

Rehabilitation Robot

A rehabilitation robot is a robotic system that assists recovery of motor function after stroke, spinal cord injury, or other neurological impairment, delivering high-dosage repetitive therapy. Categories include treadmill-based gait exoskeletons such as the Lokomat, end-effector arm trainers descended from MIT-Manus, and wearable powered orthoses. Assist-as-needed control adapts robot support to patient effort, since active participation drives neuroplasticity and recovery.

Why it matters for physical AI

Rehabilitation demands compliant, human-safe interaction control with adaptive assistance in continuous physical contact with a person, concentrating the hardest problems of physical human-robot interaction into one application.