2015

On January 4, 2016, the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab will move to the Balgrist Campus.

The ZurichMOVE project received a HMZ (Hochschulmedizin Zürich) seed project grant to drive the development of the technology used in portable devices to monitor and analyze patients’ mobility and activity, and to provide an objective assessment method for identifying neuro-motor pathologies at an early time point.

RELab projects presented at Swiss Robotics Industry Day were featured on RTS Info, Nouvo and Le Temps.

Prof. Marcia O'Malley (Rice University, USA) // Friday, December 11, 2015, 15:15 – 16:15 // ETH Zurich Central Campus, Room HG G3, 8092 Zurich

TV interview on neurocognitive robot-assisted rehabilitation on teleticino with Gianni Roberto Rossi (Dir. Clinica Hildebrand), Prof. Dr. med. Alain Kaelin (Dir. Neurocentro Svizzera Italiana) and Prof. Dr. Roger Gassert (ETH Zürich).

Prof. David Reinkensmeyer (University of California at Irvine, USA) // Friday, October 16, 2015, 15:15 – 16:15 // ETH Zurich Central Campus, Room HG G3, 8092 Zurich

Michel Akselrod receives the NCCBI Young Researcher Award for his presentation and poster entitled "Neural correlates of sensory-motor illusions induced by visuo-proprioceptive and visuo-motor signals". Congratulations!

During the Engineering Week, high school students from “Kantonsschule am Burggraben St. Gallen” designed, programmed and evaluated an injection simulator for spinal anesthesia. Spinal anesthesia is challenging in clinic, and hard to practice for medical students. In order to provide better practice facilities, the students developed a new solution which simulates the insertion of the needle for spinal anesthesia on a model.

RELab website relaunched with the new ETH Zurich design.

Welcome to Stefan Schrade who joined us for a PhD on variable impedance actuators for assistive devices.

We welcome Christopher Nycz, PhD student at Worcester Polytechnic University with Prof. Gregory Fisher, who joins us for 3 months as a visiting student.

We welcome Saeed Babadi, PhD student at McGill University with Prof. Ted Milner, who joins our lab for one month as a visiting student.

RELab presents Swiss-Japan collaboration project on a brain-controlled robotic hand orthosis at Medtec Tokyo.

Welcome to Tobias Bützer who joined us for a PhD on robotic hand orthoses for therapy and assistance in activities of daily living.

Welcome to Dr. Camila Shirota who joined us for a PostDoc on exploring the role of sensory input during recovery from perturbations during gait.

Welcome to Raffaele Ranzani who joined us for a PhD on accessing the robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function.