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
Video of one of the test pilots with a complete spinal cord injury, walking in WE2 (ankle, knee and hip actuation)
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
The 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.