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Up to now there have not been many connections between robotics and neurosciences. Robotics has developed well as an industrial topic, based on mechatronics. In the context of medical robotics, such a connection is now strongly appearing. The connecting link is given through the physical man–machine interface, i.e. force feedback or, more generally, haptic interface. It is now generally accepted that the strict division of the cognitive, mental activities from the physical (mechanical) world is not feasible. On the contrary, the two aspects are more closely linked than previously suspected, “embodiment” is an important keyword in this context. This new paradigm from neurosciences has practical consequences for human-robot interfaces and opens up new fields of experimental studies with promising perspectives. Specifically, we will discuss haptic telemanipulator interfaces and robotic rehabilitation devices. Some research projects at the intersection of robotics, cognitive neurosciences and rehabilitations will be very briefly presented.
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The research work reported here was made possible by Grants FP-7 ARAKNES, SAFROS, CTI -7485.2 LSPP-LS, No. 900 of MESROB Research Council.
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Bleuler, H., Bouri, M. (2014). Haptics in Robotics, Man–Machine Interface and Neuroscience. In: Pisla, D., Bleuler, H., Rodic, A., Vaida, C., Pisla, A. (eds) New Trends in Medical and Service Robots. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01592-7_1
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