Projects
Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration (SPEXOR) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Most of today's robotic assistive devices are in forms of exoskeletons that augment the motion of legs and arms and neglect the role of spinal column in transferring load from the upper body and arms to the legs. In SPEXOR we will fill this ...
Improving wearability and acceptance of AI-driven human-centered robotics KU Leuven
The AI4Exo project will further advance a robotic exoskeleton designed to alleviate physical work, through the development and implementation of advanced AI. The project is starting from existing and leading expertise, present in all three partners, as well as existing hardware, allowing for a fast start without relying on a lengthy design and development cycle which is typically there in robotics research. The project will allow the teams ...
Brain-Computer Interface for real-life applications Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...
Mechanised Orthosis for children with neurological disorders KU Leuven
This project, MOTION, addresses two challenges :
(i) to advance development, validation and adoption of bionic rehabilitation technology for children with neurological disorders to improve quality of life;
(ii) to set up a transregional network to transfer this rehabilitation technology and related knowledge from research to practical application by linking with industry, healthcare professionals and users and to interact with ...
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 ...
Realtime Estimation and Prediction of Kinematics, Dynamics and Events for Assistive Robotic Devices: Contributions towards Assistance-as-needed KU Leuven
This PhD research focuses on the development of theories and software for assistive robot technology. The targeted audience are people that are weakened (e.g. by age, by a muscle disease, by a stroke, …) but are still able to move their limbs. The weakness however results in a decrease in mobility, which can lead to difficulties for the daily tasks.
The goal of the research is to investigate how robotic devices can assist these people ...
Kinematic Assessment of Real‐time Motion Acquisition of the Human Musculoskeletal System by Dynamic 4D Transversal Imaging (KARMA‐4Dplus) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
kinematic assessment of human skeletal structures and soft tissues in real‐time movement. We want to achieve this by combining dynamic 4D CT scanning with a markerless motion tracking system. In addition, we develop an experimental support system that allows 4D scanning in real-time movement, and a software for processing the acquired image ...