Beyond Task Performance: Designing Robots for Human Motor Learning and Rehabilitation

Date: August 1, 2026
Time: 08:30
Location: Salon 12

Abstract: Rehabilitation robotics presents a fundamentally different HRI challenge than performance enhancement. Success is not defined by how well a user performs while assisted, but by whether they develop a motor skill that can be retained and transferred once the robot is removed. This workshop, Beyond Task Performance: Designing Robots for Human Motor Learning and Rehabilitation, examines robot design through the lens of human motor learning, with emphasis on mechanisms that differ between healthy and clinical populations. Structured around four themes, measuring, modeling, modulating, and clinical applications of learning, we aim to build a shared framework for learning-centric robot design principles that support long-term functional recovery.

ICORR Sponsored Abstract and Poster Competition

Eligibility: First author must be a student (i.e. not yet holding a PhD)

Awards

Best Abstract Prize: $200. The best abstract will be given the opportunity to present a 10-minute talk.
Best Poster Award (1st Place): $200
Best Poster Award (2nd Place): $100

Abstract Submission Requirements

Deadline: July 10, 2026
Maximum length: 1 page, including references
Font: 11-point minimum
Margins: 1 inch on all sides
Figures: Up to one figure permitted
Abstracts should include the following five separate sections:
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- References
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