BALANCE

Balance Augmentation in Locomotion, through Anticipative, Natural and Cooperative control of Exoskeletons

Coordinatore	FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION    more  Organization address address: PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 2 city: DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN postcode: 20009 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jan Cognome: Veneman Email: send email Telefono: +34 667 119 687
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	5˙912˙100 €
EC contributo	4˙494˙323 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-9
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2017-02-28

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION  Organization address address: PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 2 city: DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN postcode: 20009 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jan Cognome: Veneman Email: send email Telefono: +34 667 119 687	ES (DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN)	coordinator	0.00
2	COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES  Organization address address: RUE LEBLANC city: PARIS 15 postcode: 75015 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Dominique Cognome: Schoen Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 46548978	FR (PARIS 15)	participant	0.00
3	EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH  Organization address address: Raemistrasse city: ZUERICH postcode: 8092 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Jonas Cognome: Buchli Email: send email Telefono: +41 44 633 92 06	CH (ZUERICH)	participant	0.00
4	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE  Organization address address: Exhibition Road, South Kensington Campus city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Shaun Cognome: Power Email: send email Telefono: +44 207 594 8773 Fax: +44 2075941265	UK (LONDON)	participant	0.00
5	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT  Organization address address: Karolinenplatz city: DARMSTADT postcode: 64289 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andre Cognome: Seyfarth Email: send email Telefono: +49 6151 163164	DE (DARMSTADT)	participant	0.00
6	UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE  Organization address address: DRIENERLOLAAN city: ENSCHEDE postcode: 7522 NB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Erik Cognome: van Unen Email: send email Telefono: 31534892560	NL (ENSCHEDE)	participant	0.00
7	UNIVERZITETNI REHABILITACIJSKI INSTITUT REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE-SOCA  Organization address address: Linhartova cesta city: Ljubljana postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Robert Cognome: Cugelj Email: send email Telefono: +386 1 4758101	SI (Ljubljana)	participant	0.00
8	XSENS TECHNOLOGIES B.V.  Organization address address: Pantheon city: Enschede postcode: 7521 PR contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Colleen Cognome: Monaghan Email: send email Telefono: +31 88 97367 77	NL (Enschede)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The goal of this project is to realize an exoskeletal robot that improves the balance performance of humans, targeted at users facing balance-challenging conditions or suffering from a lack of ability to walk or maintain balance during walking. The proposed exoskeleton will know the difference between the onset of a fall and an intentional change of walking pattern, such as a turn, or a step/stair and only when necessary will it act to maintain postural balance. Available exoskeletons lack the ability to correct or assist postural balance and due to size, weight and controls; they often impede balance.The proposed exoskeleton is human-cooperative in the sense that the control of the exoskeleton is complementary to the remaining human control. Depending on application it can either assist only in difficult conditions or in case of erroneous behaviour of the user, or can assist the user maximally. Supported tasks are functional standing and walking, in a clinical, real-life or work environment, including specific actions like turning or stepping on or off an elevation.The basic concept is to understand how human postural control is structured, how and why it functions and is robust in healthy humans, and to use this knowledge to mimic and enhance the postural control through the exoskeleton in a minimally obtrusive manner. BALANCE will study and implement both anticipatory and reactive balancing mechanisms, and implement a 'sense of balance' and 'sense of human motion intentions' through sensor fusion techniques and data analysis. The ultimate goal is to have the exoskeleton seamlessly cooperate with the human, both for healthy and neurologically impaired subjects.A consortium of specialists in exoskeleton hardware development, human motor control, exoskeleton control, adaptive robot control, gait mechanics, biomechanical sensing and balance assessment technology has gathered in BALANCE to achieve these objectives. The exploitation of the results will focus on applications in neurorehabilitation and worker support.