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Most assistive robotic devices are exoskeletons which assist or augment the motion of the limbs and neglect the role of the spinal column in transferring load from the upper body and arms to the legs. In the SPEXOR project we will fill this gap and design a novel spinal exoskeleton to prevent low-back pain in able bodied workers and to support workers with low-back pain in vocational rehabilitation.
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Members of SPEXOR consortium: J. Babič (coordinator), T. Petrič, R. Goljat: Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; K. Mombaur (PI), M. Sreenivasa, M. Millard, P. Manns: Heidelberg University, Germany; D. Lefeber (PI), C. Rodriguez-Guerrero, L. De Rijcke, M. Näf: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; J. van Dieën (PI), I. Kingma, G. Faber, S. Bruin, A. Koopman: VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; B. Graimann (PI), M. Tüttemann, A. Kurzweg, J. Bornmann, H. Glindemann: Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH, Germany; M. Russold (PI), D. Pieringer: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH, Austria; N. Šarabon (PI), A. Panjan, K. Kastelic, M. Savić: S2P Science to practice d.o.o., Slovenia; H. Houdijk (PI), C. van Bennekom (PI), J. Nachtegaal, S. Baltrusch: Heliomare, The Netherlands.
Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 687662 - SPEXOR.
Project webpage: http://www.spexor.eu.
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Babič, J. et al. (2017). SPEXOR: Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration. In: González-Vargas, J., Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Vidal, J., van der Kooij, H., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_51
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