Mobility is one of the most important human faculties and can be defined as the ability of an individual to move freely through multiple environments and perform daily personal tasks with ease. Evidences show that mobility restrictions are associated with cognitive and psychosocial disturbances, which further impairs the quality of life of the individual.

New technologies have emerged to improve the life conditions of people with motor impairments. Soft robotics, design, either due to the hardware or control, has led to the emergence of several promising applications to improve the life conditions of this population. Additionally, solutions to assist daily living require robust interfaces that allow for natural control. These interfaces may rely on diverse modalities information that can be related with the intention, preparation and generation of voluntary movement, either at mechanical or neural level.
Indeed, this seminar aims at discussing the pertinence and the feasibility of the establishment of human-robot interfaces to enhance assistive and rehabilitation device’s interaction performance. We invite participants from a variety of backgrounds (i.e. physiotherapist, physiatrist, engineers, scientist, clinical researchers and industry)  to share their experiences on the requirements and challenges implementing and deploying rehabilitation and assistive robotics in the context of developing countries.