SPEXOR: Wearable technology to prevent lower back pain
A blog post was just published at the European Commission’s Digital Single Market.
The control concept for active exoskeleton is based on a probabilistic model to determine the state of the system.
Based on the probabilistic state classifiers the high-level controller determines the appropriate assistive torque profile. The assistive torque profile is the resulting combination of a passive and active torque source.
Euronews documentary on Spexor
A short documentary on the work and achievements of Spexor was recently produced by Euronews. Here is the video:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 687662.