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Eduardo Villar Ortega is a researcher dedicated to advancing neurorehabilitation through the integration of robotics and sensory science. His work focuses on restoring somatosensory function in stroke survivors, a population for whom sensory loss severely impacts independence and recovery. Ortega’s key contributions lie in developing and testing robotic systems that deliver haptic rendering and sensory electrical stimulation to enhance touch sensibility. In a pivotal 2022 study (7 citations), he demonstrated that sensory retraining via haptic feedback can improve tactile discrimination. His 2020 work (7 citations) further revealed that haptic rendering not only boosts task performance but also modulates physical effort and movement strategy during robot-assisted training. More recently (2024, 3 citations), Ortega has explored combining sensory electrical stimulation with retraining protocols to deepen our understanding of somatosensory interventions. By systematically assessing touch sensibility with robotic tools (2021, 2 citations), he is pioneering methods to elevate sensory rehabilitation to the same level of attention as motor training. Ortega’s research is shaping a future where robotic neurorehabilitation fully leverages sensory feedback to drive brain plasticity and improve patient outcomes.