On the Action
European Research Projects
- BALANCE – Balance Augmentation in Locomotion, through Anticipative, Natural and Cooperative control of Exoskeletons.
- BioMot – Smart Wearable Robots with Bioinspired Sensory-Motor Skills
- (CYBERLEGS)++ – The CYBERnetic LowEr-Limb CoGnitive Ortho-prosthesiS (Plus Plus)
- Symbitron – Symbiotic man-machine interactions in wearable exoskeletons to enhance mobility for paraplegics
- SmartSurg – project on robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS), including wearable tools
- SPEXOR – Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration
National Research Projects
Other WR related
Standardization
WR companies
- Beyond Robotics offers educational, do-it-yourself exoskeleton kits for hobbyists, educators, researchers and developers who want to explore exoskeletons and wearable robotic technology.
- IUVO is a spin-off company of The BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) in the field of wearable technologies. The objective of IUVO is to create wearable, intelligent and active tools for a better quality of life. The first concrete examples are robotic exoskeletons capable of aiding and improving the quality of life for workers in industrial and service fields and for patients in need of improved mobility.
- German Bionic Systems, headquartered in Augsburg, is the first German manufacturer of exoskeletons for industrial use. By focusing on increasing efficiency and productivity as well as reducing costs and work related injuries, German Bionic Systems is in the forefront of the Industry 4.0 revolution.
- Gogoa designs and manufactures robotic systems such as exoskeleton to rehabilitate the mobility and to aid people to walk
- Laevo BV sells exoskeletons that alleviate and prevent muscular-skeletal disorders. The Laevo V2 back exo supports forward-bended work posture and repetitive lifting.
- Marsi Bionics developes wearable gait exoskeletons for the therapy of neurological diseases, with a special focus on neuromuscular diseases in childhood and adolescence. ATLAS 2020 pediatric model is the first of its kind already installed in hospitals for the therapy of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
- MyoSwiss AG offers a new approach that combines robotic and textile technology to improve the mobility of people with muscle weakness.
- RB3D provides exoskeletons to assist worker’s gestures in order to reduce the risk of musculo-skeletal disorders.
- Reboocon Bionics pushes the robotic technology to its limit to help individuals with mobility impairment to stand up and walk again.
WR facilities
- Wearable Robotics Lab at the University of Twente
Educational resources & tools
- ALICE claims to be the world’s first child-focused open source exoskeleton with material costs of around 1500 euro
- A Handyman’s Guide to Tinkering by HomeAdvisor
- All About Circuits and Electronics Point are extremely active electrical engineering online communities, that provides both interesting content and useful resources for Electrical Engineers.
- An Educational Guide to a Bachelor’s in Robotic Engineering (maryville university)
- Dynamic walking is a conference with many contributions relevant to the wearable robots community; the 2018 conference took place IHMC.
- EE Power is a digital publication focused on the power electronics industry, featuring technical articles, design tips, and application notes from the industry’s leading power electronics engineers and application experts.
- Maker Pro is an active, open source platform for maker projects that centered around Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel Edison, home automation and more.
- BioMech The Company’s core technology, comprised of leading edge hardware and software, includes integrated mobile apps and analytics, web applications, advanced sensors, visual learning systems and BioMech HealthwearTM (wearable technology). BioMech provides real-time, precise, accurate and reproducible clinically relevant information and feedback, to improve health, quality of life, and performance.
