Neuro-robotics is one of the most multidisciplinary fields of the last decades fusing
information and knowledge from neuroscience engineering and computer science. This book
focuses on the results from the strategic alliance between Neuroscience and Robotics that help
the scientific community to better understand the brain as well as design robotic devices and
algorithms for interfacing humans and robots. The first part of the book introduces the idea of
neuro-robotics by presenting state-of-the-art bio-inspired devices. The second part of the
book focuses on human-machine interfaces for performance augmentation which can seen as
augmentation of abilities of healthy subjects or assistance in case of the mobility impaired.
The third part of the book focuses on the inverse problem i.e. how we can use robotic devices
that physically interact with the human body in order (a) to understand human motor control
and (b) to provide therapy to neurologically impaired people or people with disabilities.
