Pre-impact fall detection
Event details
| Date | 17.02.2015 |
| Hour | 11:00 |
| Speaker | Dr. Vito Monaco, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Fall-related accidents are among the most serious problems in elderly people, amputees and subjects with neurological disorders. About one out of three adults over 65 years of age falls once a year leading to severe traumatic and psychological consequences. Given the increased life expectancy of the worldwide population, the number of people who are more prone to fall is growing and fall-prevention programs are rapidly becoming a key issue to health-care national systems, not only to reduce costs, but also to benefit society as a whole. An effective pre-impact detection system is expected to both increase the sense of safety and reduce fall-related injuries ultimately improving users’ quality of life.
The talk will introduce novel solutions aimed at detecting unexpected and potentially dangerous postural transitions, which can result in a fall.
An NCCR Robotics event.
Bio: Dr. Vito Monaco received the Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in “Biorobotics, science and engineering” from the IMT Lucca, Italy, in 2008. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Head of the Locomotion Biomechanics Lab at The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, I).
His main scientific interests relate to the effects of ageing and neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders on walking and managing unexpected perturbations leading to falls. In this respect, Dr. Monaco is involved in several projects aimed at both identifying biomechanical parameters able to early signal the lack of balance and enabling active strategies to prevent a fall.
The talk will introduce novel solutions aimed at detecting unexpected and potentially dangerous postural transitions, which can result in a fall.
An NCCR Robotics event.
Bio: Dr. Vito Monaco received the Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in “Biorobotics, science and engineering” from the IMT Lucca, Italy, in 2008. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Head of the Locomotion Biomechanics Lab at The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, I).
His main scientific interests relate to the effects of ageing and neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders on walking and managing unexpected perturbations leading to falls. In this respect, Dr. Monaco is involved in several projects aimed at both identifying biomechanical parameters able to early signal the lack of balance and enabling active strategies to prevent a fall.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- NCCR Robotics
Contact
- Lirot Mayra <[email protected]>