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SUMMARY:About Rehabilitation Robots\, Cyborgs and the Cybathlon
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Robert Riener\nInstitute of Microengineering - Distingui
 shed Lecture\n\nAbstract: Robots for the upper and lower limbs can be very
  useful to restore movement abilities in two ways. First\, they can promot
 e neurorehabilitation as training devices after neurological injuries such
  as spinal cord injury (SCI)\, traumatic brain injury and stroke. Second\,
  they can be used as assistive devices to support patients or elders with 
 gait impairments in daily life situations. Disadvantages with respect to s
 ize\, weight\, battery power and interface technology result to unsatisfac
 tory performance and discomfort. In this talk I will present current senso
 ry and control engineering solutions and future trends of stationary gait 
 and arm training robots as well as wearable exoskeleton devises that can b
 e used for training and assistance in daily life. I will also present the 
 idea of the Cybathlon\, a championship for people with physical disabiliti
 es using robotic technologies to compete against each other\, and show how
  the Cybathlon can promote the development of useful assistive technologie
 s.\n\nBio: Robert Riener studied Mechanical Engineering at TU München\, G
 ermany\, and University of Maryland\, USA. He received a Dr.-Ing. degree i
 n Engineering from the TU München in 1997. After postdoctoral work from 1
 998-1999 at the Centro di Bioingegneria\, Politecnico di Milano\, he retur
 ned to TU München\, where he completed his Habilitation in the field of B
 iomechatronics in 2003. In 2003 he became assistant professor at ETH Zuric
 h and Spinal Cord Injury Center of the University Hospital Balgrist (“do
 uble-professorship”)\; since 2010 he has been full professor for Sensory
 -Motor Systems\, ETH Zurich. Since 2012\, Riener is member of the Departme
 nt of Health Sciences and Technology\, which he is chairing as head since 
 2016. Riener has published more than 400 peer-reviewed journal and confere
 nce articles\, 20 books and book chapters and filed 22 patents. He has rec
 eived 18 personal distinctions and awards. Riener’s research focuses on 
 the investigation of the sensory-motor interactions between humans and mac
 hines. This includes the development of user-cooperative robotic devices a
 nd virtual reality technologies applied to neurorehabilitation. Riener is 
 the initiator and organizer of the Cybathlon.
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