Assistive devices

Target better man-machine synergy

Our technology enables you to create wearable assistive devices, robots and exoskeletons that are safe, comfortable, and reliably meet their biomechanical expectations. Be you a designer, tester or purchaser of such devices, our products and services can help you make the right choices, labour and cost effectively. 

Applications

  • Explore design ideas
  • Virtual prototype testing
  • Improving user-device alignment
  • Full-body biomechanics with device
  • Interaction forces between user & device
  • Fulfill short term objectives - low metabolic energy
  • Mitigate long term risk factors - high joint & muscle loads
  • Design optimization - human factors & device weight, size, power etc. 
  • Evaluate weight balancing
  • Numerical measures of user comfort, risk factors, efficiency etc.
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Recent research

  • "Development and simulation of a passive upper extremity orthosis for amyoplasia", Jensen et al. (2018) [DOI]
  • "Semi-endoskeleton-type waist assist AB-wear suit equipped with compressive force reduction mechanism", Inose et al. (2017)  [DOI]
  • "A human-centered design optimization approach for robotic exoskeletons through biomechanical simulation", Zhou & Bai (2017) [DOI]

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Recent Webcasts

Simulations as a tool for human-centered exoskeleton design (Watch on YouTube)

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