Upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: ARAMIS a “robo-mechatronic” innovative approach and prototype

ARAMIS (Automatic Recovery Arm Motility Integrated System) is a dual exoskeleton robot, intended to provide the therapist with novel and time/cost efficient approach to the rehabilitation of the paretic upper limb after stroke. The system has been developed in order to enable therapists to define and apply patient-specific rehabilitation exercises with multidisciplinary support by neurologist, engineers, ICT specialists and designers. ARAMIS allows three main strategies: 1) Asynchronous Exercise 2) Synchronous Exercise and 3) Virtual Exercise. This paper reports preliminary results from a patients' sample trained by ARAMIS.