The course is composed of two modules: Prostheses and Exoskeletons. The overall goal is to introduce students to the main challenges to design wearable powered robots for movement assistance, rehabilitation, augmentation and/or functional replacement. Along with the analyses of the main components involved in the development of an effective human-robot interaction, students will be engaged in laboratory and hands-on activities with working devices. In particular: Within the module “Prostheses” students will be introduced to and will experiment the architecture and function of the microcontroller. Within the module “Exoskeletons” students will learn how to conceive, rapid-prototype and test multi-layered control architectures running on real-time targets endowed with FPGA processors.