Smart Wearable Robotics System

Challenges

• Continual increase in the average age of the industrial workforce
• Increased risk of sick leave through disorders of the locomotor system
• Common causes: unergonomic, repetitive movement, heavy lifting, constrained postures
• Improved ergonomics is the key to keeping healthy
• Need for intelligent systems to support workers’ body movements

Objectives

• Modular wearable soft-robotics system to assist movement of the upper body
• Intelligent real-time movement analysis for identification of ergonomic and unergonomic movements
• Intuitive and simple force assistance
• Option of integration in digital networks for extended data analysis and interaction with automation systems
• Use in manufacturing, logistics and services

Technology

Modular soft-robotics upper body orthosis with optional force assistance:

• Real-time movement measurement and analysis
• Automatic recognition and classification of movement patterns
  
• Real-time user feedback 
• Integration into digital networks

Range of Services

• Technology transfer and development support for system providers
• Demonstration and customer-specific evaluation in industrial environments
• Customer-direct pilot application including customized developments and data analysis