Welcome to the Symbitron project website! Our main goals are:

  • To develop a safe, bio-inspired, personalized wearable exoskeleton that enables SCI patients to walk without additional assistance, by complementing their remaining motor function
  • To develop training environments and training protocols for SCI patients and their clinicians
  • To provide clinical proof of concept for safety and functionality of the system

promotion video of the WE1 (ankle and knee actuation) in zero impedance mode

General information

Symbitron – Symbiotic man-machine interactions in wearable exoskeletons to enhance mobility for paraplegics

Project Coordination: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Project Coordinator: Herman van der Kooij (University of Twente)

Project Partners: see Consortium

E-mail: info at symbitron dot eu

Funding: European Union, Seventh Framework Programme

                 FP7-ICT-2013-10, ID 661626

Start date: October 1st, 2013

Duration: 48 months

EU funding: 3.099.898

Tree-Clouds-4cm-4cm-300dpi-RVBThe Symbitron project is part of the “Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)” programme of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/future-emerging-technologies-fet.