Mission of the NearLab (since 2008) is to impact on health and well-being of citizens in the world changing society by smart medical and personal robots and personalized technologies.

The laboratory is involved in:

Medical Robotics: advanced planning systems for neurosurgery procedures, control systems for human medical-robot interaction, smart surgical instruments, machine learning in computer vision.

Contact: Elena De Momi, elena.demomi@polimi.it

Neuroengineering: hybrid (artificial-natural) technologies for neuro-rehabilitation, independent living, sport activities of disabled and elderly people; Rehabilitation robotics. Exoskeletons for industrial applications. Smart technologies for the transparent and/or remote monitoring of fragile people and for the early detection of cognitive and physical degeneration; Motor control studies through biomechanical simulations. Functional neuro-imaging in rehab. Computational neuroscience and neurorobotics. Bioartificial interfaces for neurobiology and pharmacology.

Contact: Alessandra Pedrocchi, alessandra.pedrocchi@polimi.it