Arxius de Project

The BIOMEC Lab participated at the International Congress Duchenne Parent Project España

The objective of this annual meeting is to inform patients, families and researchers on the current therapies and the ones in development targeting Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. In this congress researchers also have the opportunity to learn about the latest technologies and devices that can facilitate the course of the disease, and to establish synergies with other scientists and clinicians in the field.The BIOMEC team, represented by the PhD student Alessandra Favata, had the opportunity to present the latest advances of the ArmTracker Project (funded [...]

BIOMEC2022-05-31T19:31:24+02:00May 31st, 2022|News, Project, University|0 Comments

BIOMEC receives the UPC Award for Social Commitment in the field of Inclusion

The BIOMEC research group has received the UPC Award for Social Commitment 2021 in the field of Inclusion. This recognition has been awarded to the project "Technology for the improvement of inclusion and quality of life of people with neuromuscular diseases". The jury highlighted the importance of the contribution in the field of neuromuscular diseases, carried out in collaboration with relevant clinical centers such as the Institut Guttmann, the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital or the Heidelberg University Hospital. Also with patient associations, such [...]

BIOMEC2021-10-08T06:51:43+02:00October 8th, 2021|Award, Biomechanics, CREB, News, Project|0 Comments

Duchenne Parent Project Spain supports the MOVit Game project coordinated by the BIOMEC Lab

Duchenne Parent Project Spain has funded the MOVit Game project led by Joan Lobo, Josep Maria Font and Daniela Tost from the Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CREB) of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and in collaboration with the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC). The project aims to develop an interactive gaming platform to promote the physical activity of people with Duchenne using the MOVit wheelchair. This wheelchair has as a differentiating fact that the direction [...]

BIOMEC2020-02-21T15:21:44+01:00February 21st, 2020|News, Project|0 Comments

Kick off meeting of the TAILOR project

On October 2, the kick off meeting of the TAILOR project: Personalized Robotic and Neuroprosthetic Modular Wearable Systems for Assistance of Impaired Walking (RTI2018-097290-B) took place at the ETSEIB. This project has been funded in the "Retos Investigación" call of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for the period 2019-2021. This is a coordinated project in which collaborate the Biomechanical Engineering Lab (BIOMEC) of UPC, the Neural Rehabilitation Group of the Cajal Institute CSIC, the National Hospital of Paraplegics and Institut Guttmann. Summary of [...]

BIOMEC2019-12-05T20:14:18+01:00December 5th, 2019|News, Project|0 Comments

New journal article “Impact of friction and gait parameters on the optimization of series elastic actuators for gait assistance”

Professors Daniel Clos and Josep Maria Font, from the BIOMEC research lab, have published the paper Impact of friction and gait parameters on the optimization of series elastic actuators for gait assistance in the journal Mechanism and Machine Theory. This research has been carried out in collaboration with the Institute for Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering of TU Darmstadt (Germany), within the frame of the HYBOR project. Highlights Parametric study of the performance of a (clutchable) series elastic actuator. Gait parameters and friction strongly impact [...]

BIOMEC2019-05-06T20:30:47+02:00April 29th, 2019|Journal Article, News, Project|0 Comments

The BIOMEC Lab participates in a pioneering project to introduce exoskeletons to the automotive industry

The use of exoskeletons in automotive industrial production processes can reduce the muscular effort of workers by up to 60%. This figure is derived from a study, driven by the Cluster of the Automotive Industry of Catalonia (CIAC), in a controlled environment with Nissan and Meleghy Automotive workers who have tested exoskeletons in the lower limb area, in maintained positions. In addition to the entities mentioned above, the Biomechanical Engineering Lab (BIOMEC) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UPC, the Catalan Institute of [...]

BIOMEC2019-05-06T20:25:02+02:00February 15th, 2019|Exoskeleton, News, Project, Spinal cord injury, University|0 Comments

BIOMEC receives one of the five OpenSim Outstanding Researcher Award 2017

Josep Maria Font received in October 2017 one of the five “Outstanding Researcher Award”, given by the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation (NCSRR), for the project “Personalized robotic exoskeleton controller design for assisted walking”, in collaboration with Dr. B.J. Fregly (RCNL, Rice University). This award has permitted the BIOMEC Lab to participate in the Advanced Users Workshop organized by OpenSim at Stanford (Palo Alto, California), between the 28th and the 30th of March 2018. It has been a great opportunity to interact with OpenSim [...]

BIOMEC2018-12-10T11:53:19+01:00April 16th, 2018|Award, Exoskeleton, News, Project, Spinal cord injury, University|0 Comments

We are hiring, join our team!

Would you like to combine work and study? Are you looking for a motivating Master Thesis? Are you a person with initiative, willing to learn and eager to apply your knowledge for a good purpose? We are hiring, join our team! The ABLE project was selected by the CaixaImpulse Programme 2017 with the support of EIT Health. This project is now under development and the project team is looking for a computer scientist, and mechanical and electronic engineering students to develop the commercial prototype of [...]

BIOMEC2018-01-19T15:01:38+01:00January 18th, 2018|CaixaImpulse, CREB, Exoskeleton, Neurorehabilitation, News, Project, Recruitment, Spinal cord injury, Technology Transfer|0 Comments

The ABLE project has been selected to participate in the CaixaImpulse Programme 2017

A robotic lower limb exoskeleton to promote functional walking recovery of patients with spinal cord injuries, created by the Biomechanical Engineering Lab (BIOMEC) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), is one of the 23 biomedical research projects selected in the third edition of the CaixaImpulse Programme, organized by "la Caixa" Foundation and Caixa Capital Risc, to promote the transfer of knowledge in biomedicine to market and society, with the creation of biotechnological companies. Project description Every year, around the world, between 250.000 and [...]

BIOMEC2018-06-10T23:37:37+02:00December 21st, 2017|Award, CaixaImpulse, CREB, Exoskeleton, Neurorehabilitation, News, Project, Spinal cord injury, Technology Transfer|0 Comments