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Description
Population ageing is challenging the number of available caregivers for individuals with functional disabilities. Exoskeleton (Exo) technology has a great potential to both rehabilitate and empower disabled citizens and to protect caregivers from injuries. However, the technology is facing a paradox: The larger the disability, the larger the potential of using an Exo, and yet the harder it is to control it. Additionally, if the technology is not acceptable for the user it will not be used.
Acceptance requires an aesthetic system that is applicable in daily life. Therefore, this project concerns a user-based, tongue-controlled arm/hand Exo as a platform for worldleading research on a full-body AAU bio-exoskeleton: the EXOTIC.
Relation to the AAU strategy: Close interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to unite user centred-design, bio-interfacing, artificial intelligence, control and mechanics into the biocontrolled Exo and ensure its societal anchoring.
Assistive personal robotics is highly prioritized in H2020 (Investing 700 million € over 7 years in robotics), FORSK2025, and Innovation Fund Denmark.
Acceptance requires an aesthetic system that is applicable in daily life. Therefore, this project concerns a user-based, tongue-controlled arm/hand Exo as a platform for worldleading research on a full-body AAU bio-exoskeleton: the EXOTIC.
Relation to the AAU strategy: Close interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to unite user centred-design, bio-interfacing, artificial intelligence, control and mechanics into the biocontrolled Exo and ensure its societal anchoring.
Assistive personal robotics is highly prioritized in H2020 (Investing 700 million € over 7 years in robotics), FORSK2025, and Innovation Fund Denmark.
Short title | EXOTIC |
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Acronym | EXOTIC |
Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 01/02/2018 → 01/12/2021 |
Collaborative partners
- Vestdansk Center for Rygmarvsskade
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Impacts
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Tongue controlled exoskeleton for spinal cord injured persons
Lotte N. S. Andreasen Struijk (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life impact, Social impact
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Semi-autonomous Control of an Assistive Robotic Manipulator using Computer Vision
Bengtson, S. H., Moeslund, T. B. & Bak, T.
01/02/2018 → 01/02/2021
Project: Research
Research output
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Tongue control of a five-DOF upper-limb exoskeleton rehabilitates drinking and eating for individuals with severe disabilities
Mohammadi, M., Knoche, H., Thøgersen, M., Bengtson, S. H., Kobbelgaard, F. V., Gull, M. A., Bentsen, B., Severinsen, K. E., Ali Khan, B. Y. & Struijk, L. N. S. A., Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 170, 102962.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile131 Downloads (Pure) -
A 4-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Physical Assistance: Design, Modeling, Control and Performance Evaluation
Gull, M. A., Thøgersen, M., Bengtson, S. H., Mohammadi, M., Struijk, L. N. S. A., Moeslund, T. B., Bak, T. & Bai, S., 24 Jun 2021, In: Applied Sciences. 11, 13, 5865.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile26 Citations (Scopus)119 Downloads (Pure) -
Continuous tongue robot mapping for paralyzed individuals improves the functional performance of tongue-based robotic assistance
Mohammadi, M., Knoche, H. & Struijk, L. N. S. A., 2021, In: I E E E Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 68, 8, p. 2552-2562 11 p., 9340323.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)150 Downloads (Pure)
Press/Media
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Exoskeletter giver lamme frihed til at spise, drikke og klø sig bag øret
06/12/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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AAU udvikler verdens første tungestyrede exoskeletarm
10/11/2021
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ny forskning med tungestyret exoskelet
Lotte N. S. Andreasen Struijk & Mikkel Thøgersen
01/04/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media