Leuven.Inc Visionary seminar: Assistive Robotics Technology

Towards a sustainable work environment for care givers and lifelong mobility for the ageing citizen

Organised by Leuven.Inc in cooperation with imec and Leuven-MTC.

The ageing or mobility-challenged citizen needs assistance to keep up with activities of daily living and to participate actively in tomorrow’s society. This will put an ever increasing burden on the financial resources of society and on the human resources of the care sector unless well-designed assistive technology can increase the self-reliance of the citizen and free care givers of time-consuming tasks, enabling them to focus on high value personalized interaction.

In this visionary seminar, Key Enabling Technologies will be highlighted: mechatronics for assistive robotics and wearable exoskeletons, 3D printing for personalized exoskeletons and rehabilitation devices, integration of rehabilitation practices and human movement sciences with advanced robotics. Organizational, financial and safety implications will be integrated in the presentations. Finally, an overview of ongoing applied and industrial research will give a preview of the next generation of exoskeletons, prosthetics and orthotics.

Practical aspects

Date:	Thursday 2 October 2014
Location:	imec CAF -1A, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Heverlee Parking at the overflow parking (via Gaston Geenslaan, 3001 Heverlee) [download a routedescription to the location]

Programme

16h00:	Welcome coffee
16h30:	Welcome by Leuven.Inc and Jos Vander Sloten, Biomechanics section of KU Leuven, chairman of L-MTC and Chairman of the programme
16h40:	Assistive robotics in rehabilitation anno 2014 Carlotte Kiekens, Dr., Head of Clinic, Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine UZ Leuven Campus Pellenberg
17h30:	The use of Additive Manufacturing (3DPrinting) for personalised exoskeletons Bart Van der Schueren, Vice President Industrial Production Materialise
17h50:	Challenges in the design of wearable exoskeletons Dirk Lefeber, Prof., Head of the Robotics and Multibody Mechanics Research Group VUB
18h10:	Coffee break
18h40:	Future developments in assistive robotics: where advanced robotics and human movement sciences meet Joris De Schutter, Prof. Mechanical Engineering KU Leuven
19h00:	The next-generation of exoskeletons, orthotics and prosthetics Louis Peeraer, Prof. Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences KU Leuven
19h30:	Demo of an assistive robotics device
19h50:	Q&A
20h10:	Drinks and snacks

The interventions will be held in English.
Abstracts of the presentations can be found further down this page.

Participation fee

135 euro (excl. VAT): members of Leuven.Inc - 175 euro (excl. VAT): all others Special fee available for Master and PhD students affiliated to and billable by KU Leuven or other universities. Please do contact us by e-mail.
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Registration

Registrations before Friday 26 September 2014 preferably via the online registration form (use the 'Register' button) or by email to admin@leuveninc.com (including all contact and invoice details).

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ABSTRACTS

Assistive robotics in rehabilitation anno 2014 – Carlotte Kiekens

Framework and objectives of rehabilitation medicine
Technology in evaluation and rehabilitation treatment (gait training, mobilization, exercise therapy,…)
Bionic prosthetics and orthotics (knee, ankle, elbow, hand, exoskeleton,…)
Organizational and financial implications
Some ethical considerations
Needs and challenges for the future

The use of Additive Manufacturing (3DPrinting) for personalised exoskeletons – Bart Van der Schueren

The strengths of Additive Manufacturing
Personalisation of (medical) devices
Engineering for Additive Manufacturing
Examples of devices

Challenges in the design of wearable exoskeletons – Dirk Lefeber

Assistive versus rehabilitation devices
light-weight actuators despite high torques and high power
energy-efficiency of the actuator technology
Human-robot safe interaction
Ergonomy : human-robot alignment

Future developments in assistive robotics: where advanced robotics and human movement sciences meet – Joris De Schutter

Actuation & sensing technology
Estimation and human intent recognition
Human motion modelling
Integrating the above into "intelligent" control

The next-generation of exoskeletons, orthotics and prosthetics - Louis Peeraer

Introduction to the demos (assistive robotics devices)