SUMMARY
The MAD concept comes from the ambitious exoskeleton designed for selected populations such as paralytics and arm soldiers, with the alternative approach to design and manufacture a solution featuring more mechanical components and kinematic custom made parts inheriting the personalised fitting features from orthosis. Other inspirational devices, especially in terms of application markets, are the mobility aids, generally used by elderly people. The possibility to combine the personalization approach with a functional dynamic behaviour of the equipment, has brought other two important applications such as the safety equipment assisting workers in specific and dangerous labour activities and assistive orthosis to guide the children affected by motion deficits, willing to have an autonomous and independent life.
Call (part) Identifier
H2020-FoF-2015
Grant no
680754
Starting
1 September 2015
Duration
36 Months
Cost
5.95 M€ (5.13M€ EU contribution)
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Coordinators
Chas A Blatchford & Sons Limited, United Kingdom
Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Partners
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – ITIA, Italy
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Netherlands
Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Synesis s.c.a.r.l, Italy
Gait Up SA, Switzerland
AnyBody Technology A/S, Denmark
Technology Transfer System S.r.l., Italy
KMWE Precisie Eindhoven BV, Netherlands
ALSTOM TRANSPORTE SA, France
MICHELOTTI ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS, Italy
International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Belgium