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Mauro Marzorati’s research sits at the intersection of rehabilitation robotics, neurodegenerative disease, and human movement science. His primary focus is on developing and evaluating technology-assisted interventions—particularly dance and robotic gait training—to improve motor function and quality of life in clinical populations such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and cerebral palsy (CP). Marzorati is best known for his work on the SI-ROBOTICS project, which explores the therapeutic potential of Irish dancing for people with PD. His 2021 protocol paper, “Dancing With Parkinson’s Disease,” has garnered 17 citations, and his 2025 feasibility study (10 citations) provides early evidence that socially interactive dance, mediated by robotics, can address motor symptoms like rigidity and balance problems. In a related line of inquiry, he conducted an ecological evaluation of robot-assisted gait training in children with CP (2015, 4 citations), demonstrating that such training can reduce the elevated metabolic cost of walking typical in this population. Marzorati’s work is notable for its translational ambition—bridging lab-based biomechanics with real-world, socially engaging interventions—and for its emphasis on active and healthy ageing. His contributions are shaping how clinicians and engineers think about non-pharmacological, technology-enhanced therapies for movement disorders.