Projects
ANIMATE - Active and seNsorized Interfaces for coMfort and sAfeTy within Exoskeletons Vrije Universiteit Brussel
promising results for humankind. From therapeutic benefits to
assisting our labor forces, global interest in this technology keeps
rising. However, reports on adverse events related to soft tissue
injuries, as well as discomfort associated with wearing these devices,
are impeding the transfusion of the technology throughout our
society. ...
Unraveling the bacterial exoskeleton: functional and structural characterisation of the B. anthracis S-layer Vrije Universiteit Brussel
surface of many Bacteria and nearly all Archaea. They are amongst
the most abundant biopolymers on Earth, yet they have largely
remained a biological enigma.
Recently, developing and applying Slayer disrupting nanobodies (NbsDS) as new bio-tools to control Slayer polymerization, I provided the first evidence for an exoskeletal
role of ...
Restoring finger dexterity with an exoskeleton controlled by human intracranial recordings KU Leuven
In Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI), brain activity is recorded and translated into user-intended actions. Several studies have successfully employed motor-BCIs to replace the function of a lost or impaired limb by circumventing disconnected neural pathways. Electrocorticography (ECoG), a partially invasive recording technique, offers new perspectives for long-term recording as it avoids fibrous scar tissue formation of electrodes implanted ...
Wearable Robotic Upper Body Exoskeleton for Workers (Exo4Work). KU Leuven
Development and validation of a wearable upper-body exoskeleton to reduce the physical load on workers with the aim of later valorization via a spin-off. This exoskeleton will help to improve the operator’s comfort in non-ergonomic working scenarios (e.g., above-head assembly tasks, reduce physical load on the upper-limbs and guides the loads to the waist (e.g., heavy-object lifting and transport), allow industry to deal with an aging labor ...
RevalExo: a wearable lower-limb exoskeleton that assists activities of daily living and enables data-driven remote rehabilitation KU Leuven
The objective of this project is to research basic strategic concepts for 1) a wearable lower-limb exoskeleton for gait-impaired or elderly persons, which can be worn comfortably throughout an entire day and used independently by the patient in a home setting, and 2) a rehabilitation assessment tool for remote follow-up by healthcare staff, based on information from multi-modal sensors integrated in the exoskeleton.
Restoring finger dexterity with an exoskeleton controlled by human intracranial recordings Ghent University
In Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI), brain activity is recorded and translated into user-intended actions. Several studies have successfully employed motor-BCIs to replace the function of a lost or impaired limb by circumventing disconnected neural pathways. Electrocorticography (ECoG), a partially invasive recording technique, offers new perspectives for long-term recording as it avoids fibrous scar tissue formation of electrodes implanted ...
Balance supporting and energy-efficient control of wearable robotic devices through neuromechanical modelling KU Leuven
The control of robotic assistive devices is mainly optimized using experimental design approaches. Despite the success of this approach in reducing the energy cost of walking in healthy subjects, such benefits have not yet been shown in impaired subjects. Furthermore, the robotic device further impairs their ability to control balance, therefore restricting pathological subjects to the use of crutches. Simulation-based methods have the ...
Can stroke survivors re-learn normal walking? Understanding functional recovery and effects of exoskeleton-assisted training. University of Antwerp
A Biomimetic Control Strategy for Robot-assisted Balance KU Leuven
The research projects aims to investigate how a robotic device (like an exoskeleton or a robot) could assist a human being in maintaining balance. The robot should interfere the least possible assuring the person keeps balance. By predicting the movement of the human, the robot will assist adequately and in a comfortable way. Existing models the way a human maintains balance will be combined with balance implementation in robots. This project ...