3 Talks - Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Technology
Event details
| Date | 18.02.2025 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Laura Marechal Crespo, from Delft University of Technology Prof. Roger Gassert, from ETH Zurich Prof. Herman Van der Kooij, University of Twente |
| Location |
MED 1 1518
Online
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Short bio: Laura Marchal-Crespo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cognitive Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. She is also associated with Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the general areas of human-machine interaction and biological learning and, in particular, the use of robotic devices and immersive virtual reality for the assessment and rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain injuries such as stroke.
Title of the presentation: Maximizing Sensorimotor Upper Limb Therapy Dose Along the Continuum of Care
Short bio: Roger Gassert is Professor of Rehabilitation Engineering at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on the development and clinical validation of technologies to relieve sensorimotor impairments in neurological disorders such as stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease. He is Vice-Chair of the ETH Competence Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science, Vice-President of the Strategic Council of CYBATHLON, President of the Swiss Foundation Access for All, and Swiss contact person of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE). He is also co-founder of Auxivo, an ETH spin-off that develops wearable exoskeletons to assist workers with physically demanding tasks.
Title of the presentation: About Gait and Balance Control of Lower Limb Exoskeletons
Short bio: Herman van der Kooij is a professor in Biomechatronics and Rehabilitation Technology at the University of Twente and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He received his PhD cum laude (2000) and specializes in human motor control, rehabilitation robotics, assistive technology, virtual reality, and neurocomputational modeling. He has published 100+ papers and secured €8.5 million in research funding. He leads the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab and the Virtual Reality Human Performance Lab, developing powered exoskeletons and advanced rehab technologies. He is an associate editor of IEEE TBME, active in IEEE EMBS, and has coordinated major European research programs, including FP7 Symbitron.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Zeynep Ozge Orhan, zeynep.orhan@epfl.ch