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We are applying robotics and information technology to assist,enhance, and quantify neuro-rehabilitation. Our goal is a new classof interactive, user-affectionate clinical devices designed notonly for evaluating patients, but also for delivering meaningfultherapy via engaging "video games". Notably, the novel robotMIT-MANUS has been designed and programmed for clinicalneurological applications, and has undergone extensive clinicaltrials for more than four years at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital -White Plains, NY. This paper will review results of the firstclinical trial of 20 patients, which showed that: Stroke patients treated daily with additional robot-aided therapyduring acute rehabilitation had improved outcome in motor activityat hospital discharge, when compared to a control group thatreceived only standard acute rehabilitation treatment. This improved outcome was sustained after three years. The neuro-recovery process continued far beyond the commonlyaccepted 3 months post-stroke interval.