About this Research Topic
Typical specialized technologies are being developed with the aim to radically improve the “symbiosis” between humans and robots by increasing adaptiveness, robustness, effectiveness, intuitiveness and naturalness, by rapidly becoming part of the body scheme. They resort to several ways of decoding messages from humans and encoding sensory information for recovering the bidirectional communication with both CNS and PNS, with different pros and cons. The central role of the user is a key issue of the design of such devices, posing highly interesting technical challenges, covering issues related to system efficacy, safety in the interaction and user acceptability.
This Research Topic focuses on the new cutting-edge and representative advancements in design, analysis, implementation, and therapeutic testing of human closed-loop interfaces for neuroelectronic devices and assistive robots. Thus, multidisciplinary papers are very encouraged to be submitted. Researchers working in the academic or industrial community are welcomed to submit papers on the peculiar theoretical, technological and experimental aspects associated with the design, development, and the validation of novel closed-loop interfaces.
Keywords: Neuroprostheses, Sensory feedback restoration, Human-robot interaction, Human-Machine Interface, Human-in-the-loop optimization and learning
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.