Consortium

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