Episode 66: The human exoskeleton

It’s a human boot-shaped exoskeleton that marked Portuguese research at a time when mechanical engineering expertise was put at the service of people with health problems. Designed to find solutions for an ankle pathology – the so-called “numb foot” -, the project funded by MIT Portugal and carried out by Técnico/IDMEC researchers between 2007 and 2013, inspired a whole generation of scientists. It attracted MSc and PhD students at Técnico, and was the starting point of several other national projects on human-machine interaction, as well as medical devices.

  • Acknowledgements:
    Miguel Tavares da Silva
    Jorge Martins

Episode only available in Portuguese in: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor.fm

Further reading and additional audio in the Portuguese version of this webpage.

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